India, Bahawalpur. A Victory Star 1939-1945 Auction featuring a lion on a

featuring a lion on a blue enameled field with white enameled surround bearing the motto “JE MAINTIENDRAI” (“I SHALL MAINTAIN”)

the Lineage Book II was produced

6 mm x 45

Oberst (Colonel) Wolfgang von Kluge (1892–1976)

Meyer card of issue)

India, Bahawalpur. A Victory Star 1939-1945 Auction featuring a lion on a(Nusrat 1939 1945). Instituted in 1945. In bronze, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring suspension, original ribbon, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Victory Star was issued by the Indian Princely State of Bahawalpur, to those of its citizens who had participated in the Second World War. In 1947, Bahawalpur became part of the new state of Pakistan.