Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Archive Marschall” for Rudolf Marschall

Marschall” for Rudolf Marschall

98 mm (w) x 29

more often than not

(erased and engraved in light capitals: J

including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet

Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Archive Marschall” for Rudolf Marschall(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),