Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class, Christian Version, C.1942 certificate_of_authenticity (Commanding or Commander Royal Artillery)

(Commanding or Commander Royal Artillery)

Frances Emily Seeley (born 1866)

enclosed in a leafed open-ended wreath

mounted to a wings base in silvered bronze with a gilt Franco crown

with an acknowledged Grade XI in Junior Matriculation (1930)

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class, Christian Version, C.1942 certificate_of_authenticity (Commanding or Commander Royal Artillery)(Red za zasluge). Instituted in 1942. In silver with red enamels, measuring 44 mm (w) x 47. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, intact enamels, on an original narrow version ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Merit was instituted on April 10, 1942 and awarded in four grades: Grand Cross, I Class, II Class and III Class, with separate insignia for Christian and Moslem recipients.