Dear Satheesh, Since my silver pin's outline is square and has a horiz. pin on the back, it could be pinned on someone in either the Indian way - flat on a side; or Nazi way - point down. It is right-handed, with the arms bent clockwise.
Yes, it seems to me that Hitler was defeated [thank god!] primarily by the great losses suffered during the siege at Stalingrad, quite a ways into Mother Russia. Kathie