Germany, Wehrmacht. An Order of Azad Hind, Grand Star, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of a civil pilot’s pin

a civil pilot’s pin

He left for Regina

set inside a postwar plastered wooden frame

3 grams with its period-original neck ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Order of Azad Hind, Grand Star, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of a civil pilot’s pin(Orden Azad Hind der Provisorischen Regierung Freies Indien). Constructed of silvered tombak with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded and leftward facing Bengal tiger, surrounded by a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of AZAD HIND join by clusters of green enameled laurel leaves, the reverse topped by an integral loop with a suspension