Germany, Wehrmacht. An Order of the Azad Hind, I Class Neck Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold with touches of black embroidery

with touches of black embroidery in the eyes and on the body of the lions

light soiling and sunning on the neck ribbon

A textbook example of a mid-war manufacture German “Flak Abzeichen”

95mm (w) x 43

measuring 98 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Order of the Azad Hind, I Class Neck Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold with touches of black embroidery(Orden Azad Hind I. Klasse). Instituted 1942 by Subhas Chandra Bose. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a radiant right point starburst, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded Bengal tiger, situated within a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of AZAD HIND with green enameled laurel branches, the reverse maker marked RUDOLF SOUVAL, WIEN VII, topped