Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, I Class Star, by Rudolf Souval Archive with minor chipping of enamels

with minor chipping of enamels evident

as well as an invitation to Hans Adam

" It is fair to conclude that he was also present in the bitterly contested advance of XXX Corps to Arnhem in September 1944

Brown from Iowa

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, I Class Star, by Rudolf Souval Archive with minor chipping of enamels(Orden Azad Hind, Bruststern I. Klasse). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central gilded medallion overlaid by a leftward facing Bengal tiger, circumscribed by an inscription of AZAD HIND, with the voids filled by clusters of laurel leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked RUDOLF SOUVAL, WIEN VII, measuring 60. 24 mm