Yugoslavia, Republic. A Rare Corpus Of National Defence Buckle, Badge & Photograph, C.1944 Auction Archive with frayed ends

with frayed ends

measuring 107 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

Comes with a replacement band and remains in near VF

the obverse presents with three raised oak leaves and reinstitution date of “1939” on the lower arm

fraying on the edges

Yugoslavia, Republic. A Rare Corpus Of National Defence Buckle, Badge & Photograph, C.1944 Auction Archive with frayed endsA Rare Corpus of Yugoslav National Defence Buckle, Badge & Photograph Belt buckle in nickel, center in tombac, 8x5. 5cm; KNOJ badge, 47x57mm, in silvered tombac; and a period photo dated 1944 of a KNOJ Officer. Footnote: KNOJ formations (Corpus of Yugoslav National Defence), were formed at the end of the 1943 and the beginning of the 1944, officially with purpose of combating the fifth column (Nazi collaborators and sympathizers), as well as Ustasha,