Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1943 by German U-boat 43

1943 by German U-boat 43

followed by his detailing to the Dental Clinic twelve weeks later

each weighs approximately 30 grams)

absent the obverse inscription

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1943 by German U-boat 43(Medaille des Ordens Azad Hind in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised inscription of AZAD HIND, topped by a lions head, above a lily, the reverse bearing a central raised inscriptions of INDIENS FREIHEITSKAMPFE (INDIAS FREEDOM STRUGGLE) within a latticed background, topped by a crossed sword clasp indicating combatant issue, unmarked,