Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, Grand Star with Swords, by Rudolf Souval Hold Hans Heiland

Hans Heiland

with a white horsehair plume

(Luftwaffe Division “Hermann Goering” Feldwebel Schulterklappen)

good conduct ribbon torn along inside edge

They were reported missing and presumed dead in a flying accident over the Irish Sea on October 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Azad Hind Order, Grand Star with Swords, by Rudolf Souval Hold Hans Heiland(Orden Azad Hind der Provisorischen Regierung Freies Indien, Grostern mit Schwertern). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded Bengal tiger, situated within a circular white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of AZAD HIND with green enameled laurel leaves, with a pair of gilded crossed swords piercing the medallion, the