A guy at the butler pa gun show a couple years back had this exact thing. He also had an a and hind medal; could not verify if it was a good piece as I know nothing about the azad hind. But I do recall this one and I did some research on it however I do not recall the exact details. I do recall the seller was very insistent it was an award and I said it looked very much like a brooch of some third Reich cultural sort and I believe I found through my research an identical item that was in fact a brooch. I showed the man the research and he was very upset as he said this was an award worn by a man- not third Reich jewelry worn by a woman. I concluded that our conversation was complete. In fact I may have this post somewhere here on the forum. If anyone could locate it that would probably be helpful as the details are past my exact recollection.