Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order II Class with Swords & Case by Rudolf Souval, c. 1943 United Republic of a 1937 graduate badge

a 1937 graduate badge

Footnote: The “Porte” refers to the Sublime Porte

suspended from a single-toe horizontal medal bar from a period-original ribbon featuring a hook-and-loop closure on the reverse

17 mm (w) x 14

A silver star consisting of eight multi-rayed arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order II Class with Swords & Case by Rudolf Souval, c. 1943 United Republic of a 1937 graduate badge(Sher e Hind). Instituted in 1942. Constructed of silvered and gilded tombac, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star with gilded crossed swords, bearing a central gilt tigers head circumscribed by the inscription Azad Hind in capitalized lettering with laurel leaves at the top and bottom of the inscription, the reverse plain, marked Rudolf Souval, Wien on the reverse, on a swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon,