Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order II Class with Swords & Case by Rudolf Souval, c. 1943 Newly Listed the pinback missing its pin

the pinback missing its pin slider

19cm in length (or 7 ½ inches)

with central maker mark LEMAITRE A PARIS

presumably of him and some of his men in winter garments

the badge suspended from a 30 mm disk with three holes

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order II Class with Swords & Case by Rudolf Souval, c. 1943 Newly Listed the pinback missing its pin(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,