Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction Archive a quick-thinking admiral

a quick-thinking admiral

the reverse with an inscription of “OSTERN 1940 IN DÜSSELDORF” (“EASTER 1940 IN DÜSSELDORF”

They had been out 127 days on the voyage

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Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant’s Cross Auction Archive a quick-thinking admiral(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),