Croatia, Independent State. An Ante Pavelić Bravery Medal, by T. Krivak, c. 1941 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and the first nonstop crossing

and the first nonstop crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air in 1929

Footnote: The Order of Friendship Between Nations was instituted on December 24

the cross framed within a wreath composed of two branches of palm leaves

oval shaped oak leaf wreath in copperwash feinzink

Croatia, Independent State. An Ante Pavelić Bravery Medal, by T. Krivak, c. 1941 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and the first nonstop crossing(Srebrna Kolajna Poglavnik Ante Paveli za Hrabrost). Instituted December 27th, 1941. Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with the leftward facing bust of Ante Paveli, circumscribed by his name in Croatian, the reverse bearing a large superimposed U with a central flaming grenade, dated 1941 and inscribed Ready to Defend the Fatherland and For Bravery in capitalized Croatian, unmarked but traditionally manufactured by T. Krivak, Varazdin,