An Italian-Croatian Legion Officer’s Badge 1942 By S. Johnson, Milano Newly Listed 7 mm x 20 mm

7 mm x 20 mm

England aboard the HMT Scotian

The voided areas allow light from the candle to funnel outward

the ones on the left cuff having severely frayed

imprinted on top Fallschirmschützen-Abzeichen

An Italian-Croatian Legion Officer’s Badge 1942 By S. Johnson, Milano Newly Listed 7 mm x 20 mmBadge in gilded bronze and enamels, reverse silvered, by maker S. Johnson, Milano, 37. 5mm (w) x 42. 0mm (h), of excellent quality manufacture, near mint condition and very rare. Footnote: Italian Croatian Legion was established in 1942, composed (mostly) of Italian Officers and Croatian enlisted men and NCOs. Legion was equipped by the Italians and also trained in Italy, with intention of being sent to the Russian Front. However, as the Partisans