Scarce Ustasha Defense Badge Hold 9th Overseas Mounted Rifles Cap

9th Overseas Mounted Rifles Cap Badge CEF - In pickled brass

marked 10 on ring

NSKOV Tinnie - Zinc

very fine and rare

Stuart (Flotilla Leader

Scarce Ustasha Defense Badge Hold 9th Overseas Mounted Rifles CapScarce Ustasha Defense Badge Badge in aluminum, measures 43mm(w) x 57mm(h), numbered on reverse, without pin, in good fair condition. Unmarked, though it is known "Braca Knaus" was the sole maker of this scarce badge. Ustasha Defense badge was worn by the members of the "Ustasha Defense" Units, whose primary role was the security and policing of the POW and Labor camps in Croatia during WWII; among the camps were Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska, and others.