A Rare and Desirable Ustasha Honor Award : Type 1, #5, Velimir Pavelić
Item #EU13099
$3,001
Struck in solid silver, patinated, 32mm x 29mm, maker marked (T. Krivak), hallmarked with Croatian silver mark, numbered "5", with a retaining nut, in extremely fine condition and rare.
Footnote: Among Ustasha members this probably ranked as most important award. It was given to Ustasha fighters who again took oath on 10th April 1941 and formed into Leader's (Ante Pavelics) personal Body Guard Battalion, and returned with Pavelic into Croatia from exile in Italy. Just over 200 awarded, thus a rare award.
Footnote: this award was obtained from Ante Pavelić 's daughter Višnja in Madrid c. 2000, and according to her it belonged to her brother and Ante's son, Velimir Pavelić.