Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction Archive 1915 to the Base Convalescent

1915 to the Base Convalescent Home

the reverse with an inscription of “OSTERN 1940 IN DÜSSELDORF” (“EASTER 1940 IN DÜSSELDORF”

Collar Tab: in browning copper

a silver cross pattée with stippled arms and silver gilt crossed swords screwed into the core of the cross between the arms of the cross

Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction Archive 1915 to the Base Convalescent(Khrest boyovoho diyacha ZSU ). Instituted in 1940. Three piece construction, in bronze gilt with azure blue and black enamels, obverse illustrating a Crutch Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the four arms in black, with a central raised disk in blue bearing a raised Tryzub, reverse inscribed in Ukrainian "C Y B" (SUV) on the arm at 12 o'clock and number impressed "02198" on the arm at 6 o'clock, measuring 39 mm (w) x 39 mm (h),