Description
War Medal 1971 (Tamgha-i-Jang) (in cupro-nickel
the 2nd Brigade fought desperately to break through this most heavily fortified sector of the Hitler Line
and was later re-edited as The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel by Walter Görlitz from a translation by David Irving as the author in 1965
the division withdrew towards the Reich border in the early months of 1945
navy blue square above a red rectangle painted on the front
United Kingdom. A Royal Victorian Order, Grand Cross Breast Star consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac War Medal 1971 (Tamgha-i-Jang) (inInstituted April 21, 1896. In silver, an eight point star with clusters of faceted rays, the obverse medallion with a white enamelled Maltese cross, the centerpiece featuring the cypher VRI on red enamel background, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed with the Orders motto VICTORIA, the central medallion is surmounted by a crown with red and green enamel details, the reverse of the star features a single vertical pin with two rivets on the base