Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, Grand Star with Swords, by Rudolf Souval Auction (Ordem de Cristo)

(Ordem de Cristo)

pocket patches and beret flashes

‘This soldier was hit on the head by a piece of enemy shrapnel and instantly killed

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A black-and-white picture postcard depicting a group of HJ youth in uniform

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, Grand Star with Swords, by Rudolf Souval Auction (Ordem de Cristo)(Orden Azad Hind der Provisorischen Regierung Freies Indien, Grostern mit Schwertern). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded Bengal tiger, situated within a circular white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of AZAD HIND with green enameled laurel leaves, with a pair of gilded crossed swords piercing the medallion, the