Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, Silver Medal with Swords certificate_of_authenticity Klasse für besondere Verdienste)

Klasse für besondere Verdienste)

dated 3 may 1932

After independence this was one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army

otherwise the enamels are intact

deeming it essential “…that the infantry must be carried in bullet-proof and splinter-proof vehicles to the actual objectives

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, Silver Medal with Swords certificate_of_authenticity Klasse für besondere Verdienste)(Orden Azad Hind, Silberne Medaille mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central raised inscription of AZAD HIND, topped by a leftward facing Bengal tiger and situated above lotus leaves, the reverse bearing a central inscription of INDIENS FREIHEITS KAMPF (INDIAS FREEDOM STRUGGLE) situated on a grid, the twelve oclock position topped by a crossed sword clasp, in turn culminating in an integral loop and suspension ring