AlecH Posted March 23, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eitze Posted March 23, 2011 Share 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitze Posted March 23, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecH Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share 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 [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 This topic should be in another section: WW2: Axis Forces Militaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Very nice items, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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