Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction 59 mm x 45

59 mm x 45

Constructed in flat and round gilded wires on top of red (faded) fabric

soiled on the bottom and sides

In the Slovenian Littoral

Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction 59 mm x 45(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),