Croatia. An Iron Zvonimir Medal Award Document to Oberfeldwebel Max Piranty

Measuring 209x169mm, extremely fine condition with minimal fraying. It is bilingual, Croatian and German. The certificate states that Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Max Piranty, a platoon leader in the 10th Company of Infantry Regiment 383 (Croatian), fighting Yugoslavian partisans, has been awarded the Eiserne Zvonimir-Medaille am Kriegsband (Iron Zvonimir Medal with War Ribbon) on September 9, 1943. It carries another, Croatian stamp from January 8, 1944. Piranty, a capable instructor, played a crucial part in an attack on a partisan training camp on July 9, 1943 near Rogolj-Psunj in which the Germans were able to obtain important documents and supplies.