Croatia, Independent State. A Croatian Defence Forces Officer’s Dress Belt GTRexclude engraved and printed at the

engraved and printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

1941 at Moncton

inner retaining cross-like plate

the obverse with a monogram of Friedrich August

The blade of this example is a double etched variety and retains its needlelike tip

Croatia, Independent State. A Croatian Defence Forces Officer’s Dress Belt GTRexclude engraved and printed at theConstructed of slate grey wool, the obverse topped by a silver aluminum wire tresses bearing machine embroidered designs along both the top and bottom edges, bisected by an additional red, white, and blue Croatian national tresse through the mid section, one end retaining a loop of identical construction and stitched with an aluminum buckle, the opposite end featuring a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with 11 sets of eyelets for an adjustable