Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction (Heer Gebirgsjäger Schulterklappen)

(Heer Gebirgsjäger Schulterklappen)

exhibiting fraying in the bullion wire in a few locations

In the Slovenian Littoral

soiled on the bottom and sides

Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction (Heer Gebirgsjäger Schulterklappen)(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),