The artwork was adapted from The Lamentations of Germany 1638 (p. 388) written during the Thirty Years' War.

Some of their despicable and infamous ruytery called Croats or Crabats, have laboured much to teach their horses not onely to kill men, but to eate humane and Christian flesh, and have consulted how to finde out torments more rare, cruel and exquisite than ever. (376)

Now, what may the poor peasant and countrey-dwellers expect? to kill them if they resist, or refuse them anything, is but ordinary in this warre: among the Imperiallists is a base sort of rascally horse-men which serve them, and are called Croats. The tenth part of them are not of that Countrey: for they are a miscellany of all strange Nations, without God, without Religion, and have only the outsides of men, and scarce that too. They make no conscience of murthering men or women, old or young, yea, the very innocent babes, and like the beasts among whom they are bred, doe sometimes eate them, when other food might be found... (390)

The Croats, till of late, never gave any quarter, but killed whatsoever enemy they had at their mercy. (391)

Specs:
Size - 10cm x 6cm
Velcro backed, embroidery, merrow border