Description
Excellent condition silver grade medal of the Azad Hind. The medal on the obverse shows a lion’s head above AZAD HIND and a fleur-de-lys. On the reverse are the words in German,’Indiens Freiheits Kampf’.(India’s fight for freedom). Crossed swords appear above the medal and on the suspension for the ribbon of green with white and orange edges. The swords denote awarded for bravery. Condition of this item is very good and shows much of its silvering to this zinc -alloy award. Germans as well as Indians were eligible for an award of any grade.
As an interesting note to this item, it was sold to myself by an old French Resistance gentleman who served in the Morvan Resistance near to Dijon in France and he took it from a captured German SS soldier whom they later shot. There was no reason to doubt the gentleman as I encounter many old veterans who tell similar tales on my travels around various regions of France.
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