AlecH Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Hello Gentlemen, Bought a small convolute last Saturday at the flea-market. From a Wehrmacht signals Unteroffizier - Alois Engelhardt killed in the last days of the war in Berlin. In the convolute is a two page Croatian award document "Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir 2nd Class with Oak Leaves" and a congratulatory notification from his unit leader on the Croatian award. I've looked extensively through the internet but not managed to find a medal that matches the award document yet, King Zvonimir 2nd Class with oak leaves military version. King Zvonimir Medal has a number of grades & variants, as we have a number of collectors from the Balkans & Southeast Europe area, I thought one may have a medal and they wouldn't mind posting a picture. Any information and pictures welcome. I've included two picture of the citation document. Best Wishes
eitze Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Hello AlecH, nice award document. I can show you a picture of a 2nd. class with oak leaves, but unfortunately it is not what your man got. First the picture:
eitze Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 And now the decoration Gefreiter Engelhardt got. "Zeljesnu Kolajna sa Hrastovim Grancicama Krune Kralja Zvonimira" means: Iron Medal of the Order of the Order of King Zvonimir`s Crown with Oakleafs. This was the lowest class of the whole Zvonimir system. Nethertheless very interesting. Here is a picture of a similar medal. greetings eitze
AlecH Posted March 23, 2011 Author Posted March 23, 2011 Hello Eitze, Thanks for the posts and pictures. As I mentioned the King Zvonimir document is part of a convolute. Other pieces of the convolute include Engelhardt's Sterbebild and a invitation card to a church remembrance service for him, printed on both is his medal honours EK2, KVK 2nd Class with Swords and Zvonimir 2nd Class with Oakleaves. I've included a picture of both. I take it Eitze, you are a reader of Serb - Croat text, it would appear his family didn't really know exactly which medal grade he had been awarded. Again thanks for the posts. Best Wishes AlecH [
SasaYU Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 This topic should be in another section: WW2: Axis Forces Militaria
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