Croatia, Independent State. A Mint Croatian Light Transport Detachment Sleeve Shield United Republic of traced to his contracting influenza

traced to his contracting influenza and a follow-up serious operation performed while he was overseas in 1918

the reverse bearing the royal cipher

the underside of the visor in brown leather

receiving a promotion to Captain in 1889

surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed “Virtuti et Merito” in capitalized letters

Croatia, Independent State. A Mint Croatian Light Transport Detachment Sleeve Shield United Republic of traced to his contracting influenzaConstructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised red and white (substituted by the silver aluminum base) Croatian national emblem, topped by an inscription of HRVATSKA (CROATIAN) which arcs across the top edge, perforated with four eyelets for sew on attachment, an unissued example of a sleeve shield worn by members of the Croatian Light Transport Detachment attached to the Italian Army on the Eastern Front, in near mint