Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross United Republic of 42mm x56mm

42mm x56mm

inscribed "5 unserer erfolgreichsten Kampfflieger

and Marine”

surrounded by a dark blue ring of enamels

comprising: Neck Badge

Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross United Republic of 42mm x56mm(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),