Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Paratrooper’s Sleeve Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 6 and 9 o'clock on

6 and 9 o'clock on the reverse

two having faded to a sepia-toned look

Chipping and crazing evident in the green enamels on the Order of the Rising Sun

Footnote: The Order of the Polar Star was instituted in 1936 and awarded for military services

Ivory Coast having become independent as of August 7th of that year

Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Paratrooper’s Sleeve Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 6 and 9 o'clock onIn blue lacquered die stamped aluminum, 35. 9 mm (w) x 53. 7 mm, with four punched holes, with period wear, fine and rare. Footnote: This type of badge was worn during wartime by trained Croatian Paratroopers, sewn onto left upper arm of a tunic. Only several hundreds Croats trained as paratroopers during WWII.