Ukraine. A Combatant's Cross, Second Issue, Numbered Republic of twenty-eight with vertical pinbacks

twenty-eight with vertical pinbacks

and after securing the survivor into the Stokes litter

Members of this Regiment were carefully selected and were the most loyal and capable of all of the Croatian Ustasha soldiers

within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE D

Ukraine. A Combatant's Cross, Second Issue, Numbered Republic of twenty-eight with vertical pinbacksIn bronze gilt with blue and black enamels, marked "C Y B" and numbered "0588" on the reverse, measuring 38. 8 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), intact enamels, light contact, screwback, better than very fine. Footnote: The Ukrainian Combatant's Cross was established in 1940 in Krakw, Poland for the veterans of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The cross was issued in two varieties: the first "pre war" issue has a pin attachment, while the second "post war" issue was re