Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, I Class Star, by Rudolf Souval Archive as well as minor tarnishing

as well as minor tarnishing of the metal fixtures

8th October

marked 900 on pin with old museum mark on reverse

He flew with 103 Squadron and 667 Squadron aboard Wellington

evidence of repainting of the core

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, I Class Star, by Rudolf Souval Archive as well as minor tarnishing(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