Croatia, Independent State. A Croatian Defence Forces Officer’s Dress Belt Auction and a C shaped hook

and a C shaped hook catch

padded and handwritten in black ink "DRUIVEN 760" on the dome

the central medallion presenting the white enamel cross with Savoy knots in the quadrants

overlaid by a gilt inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM KRIEGE” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR”)

The tunic is fabricated from a fine Army brownish-green wool

Croatia, Independent State. A Croatian Defence Forces Officer’s Dress Belt Auction and a C shaped hookConstructed 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