to commemorate his time of service
topped by a NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
on his eighteenth birthday
with its original gilded oak leaf clasp
the doctor noted that he had a scar from a wound on his left shoulder
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic. An Order Of Merit To The Nation, Iii Class Archive to commemorate his time of(Orden Zasluge za Narod). Instituted in 1945 (two piece construction, in silver with a gilt star in the centre, number stamped "118668" (the first "6" having possible been altered and surrounded by scratches), maker marked "IKOM", hallmarked with a rooster surrounded by a "B" and "II" (900 silver) within a pentagon border and marked "III" (Third Class), measuring 41 mm in diameter, maker marked "IKOM ZAGREB" on the screwback, contact marks, fine.