Croatia, Independent State. An Army Identity Booklet To Vladimir Matočec certificate_of_authenticity missing its pins (previous attempts

missing its pins (previous attempts made to repair the pins - now missing)

would later become a veteran of the Second World War with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

the obverse with a circular central white medallion with “FJ” for “Emperor Franz Joseph” within a gold border and the inscription “Viribus Unitis” (Strength Through Unity)

Together with Oskar von Hindenburg and Franz von Papen

57 mm x 25

Croatia, Independent State. An Army Identity Booklet To Vladimir Matočec certificate_of_authenticity missing its pins (previous attemptsConstructed of a pale red card stock binding, with a replacement bearer photograph stapled to the inside of the cover, the interior with 32 paginated pages featuring sporadic stamps and handwritten entries, the former indicating that the book belonged to Vladimir Matoec, born 14 November 1924 in the Bilogora district, whose service commenced on 14 September 1944, measuring 102 mm (w) x 145 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.