Austria, Empire/Croatia. A Rare First War Croatian Diaspora Medal, Made in Chicago consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Some writers consider Stephenson to

Some writers consider Stephenson to be one of the real life inspirations for the fictitious character "James Bond"

circumscribed by an inscription of “ТАКО ПЕЧАЛЬ НАРОДА УТОЛИЛА” (“SO THE PEOPLES’ SADNESS HAS BEEN QUENCHED”)

Edge nicks on the Medal for Military Valour

then assigned to the U

marked 1942 on the reverse

Austria, Empire/Croatia. A Rare First War Croatian Diaspora Medal, Made in Chicago consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Some writers consider Stephenson toA very rare, unofficial decoration, in bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of Francis Joseph I, surrounded by the inscription FRANCJO JOSIP I KRALJ HRVATSKE SLAVONIJE I DALMACIJE (Francis Joseph I, King of Croatian Slavonia and Dalmatia), the reverse bears the inscription USPOMENA NA SVIJETSKI RAT 1914 1915 (MEMORIAL OF THE WORLD WAR 1914 1915), the reverse marked G. D. CHI[?]DS. & CO CHICAGO, measures 30. 6 mm (w) x 47. 2 mm (h), weighs 19. 5