Czechoslovakia, Socialist Republic. A Partisan Decoration In Silver Newly Listed Pavelics) personal Body Guard Battalion

Pavelics) personal Body Guard Battalion and returned with Pavelic into Croatia from exile in Italy

The value of his special qualifications in all matters relating to supplies and equipment was at once recognized and he was seconded to a very important appointment with the Department of Munitions and Supply in 1940 in which he served throughout the remainder of the war

which means he was likely under-aged when he signed on for First World War service

until April 17

and about 20 seconds later

Czechoslovakia, Socialist Republic. A Partisan Decoration In Silver Newly Listed Pavelics) personal Body Guard BattalionA Czechoslovakian (CSSR) Partisan Decoration in Silver; Silver, 47. 5 mm x 49. 7 mm, screwback, extremely fine.