Tamgha-e-Bahaduro

Tamgha-e-Bahaduro

The Tamgha-e-Bahaduro medal.
Awarded by Azad Hind
Type Medal
Eligibility Soldiers of the Indische Legion, Indian National Army, and the Wehrmacht.
Awarded for Soldiers Medal
Status Currently not existent.
Statistics
First awarded Second World War
Last awarded Second World War
Total awarded Unknown
Posthumous
awards
Unknown
Precedence
Next (higher) Shahid-e-Bharat
Next (lower) None

The Tamgha-e-Bahaduro (Soldiers Medal) was a military decoration awarded by the Azad Hind Government. First instituted by Subhas Chandra Bose in Germany, it was later also awarded to troops of the Indian National Army in South East Asia. The award could be conferred with swords for valour in combat, and without swords for non-combat awards.

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