Yugoslavia, Republic. An Order of Military Merit, Second Class Officers Cross visually-hidden without the rays between the

without the rays between the cross arms

1918 in the Meuse-Argonne area

flanked by a target overlaid by a mobile swastika

He had no taste for the cloistered life of the reserve

signed in blue ink by Walter Pauck

Yugoslavia, Republic. An Order of Military Merit, Second Class Officers Cross visually-hidden without the rays between the(Orden za Vojne Zasluge). Golden Swords. A frosted silver star, insignia in gilt bronze with red enamels with green enamel laurels, measuring 65. 5 mm (w) x 65. 5 mm (h), 58. 4 grams, unmarked, vertical pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: Awarded to military officers for outstanding military merit, and issued during 1963 1991 period.