Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant's Cross, C.1945 Auction good very fine condition overall

good very fine condition overall

Manitoba was the Canadian holding the record for "most fighting decorations" in the war

coat-of arms on the reverse

including two studio portraits of a Luftwaffe soldier

the photos show hospital beds

Ukraine. An Armed Forces Combatant's Cross, C.1945 Auction good very fine condition overall(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 0588 on reverse, measuring 38. 6 mm x 38. 9 mm, and weighing 27. 8