India, Republic. A Medal for the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose 1897-1997, Scarce

In bronze with a copper-coloured gilt, obverse illustrating the bust of Subhash Chandra in his military uniform, surrounded by the inscription " "TUM MUJE KHOON DO, MAIN YUMHE AZADI DOONGA" " above, surmounted by the inscription "SUBHASHCHANDRA BOSE 1897-1945" flanked by stars, with a half-wreath of laurel leaves at the base, reverse illustrating a standing Subhask Chandra, with a row of Indian Army soldiers behind him bearing a flag and fading off to the upper right, the head of Mahatma Gandhi within a starburst at the upper left, inscribed "Chalo Delhi!" at the lower left, all of which is backed by a map of India, inscribed "SHAHID TAPU / SWARJYA TAPU" above the Provisional Government Azad Hind insignia at the far right, inscribed " "JAI HIND" " below, surrounded by the inscription "ON THE OCCASION OF 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF SUBHASHCHANDRA ROSE / 1897-1997", measuring 66.8 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, very light contact, near extremely fine.

Footnote: Subhas Chandra Bose (January 23, 1897 - August 18, 1945) was an Indian nationalist, whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India, but whose attempt during the Second World War to rid India of British rule with the help of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a troubled legacy. The honourific Netaji (Hindustani: "Respected Leader"), first applied in early 1942 to Bose in Germany by the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin, was later used throughout India. Bose fought for Independence of India and was arrested several times. In 1941, he fled to Germany and made regular broadcasts from radio Berlin and in 1943, arrived in Singapore where he raised the Indian National Army, comprised mainly of Indian POWs. He was reported killed in an air crash in August 1945.