Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 visually-hidden Of the fifty men making

Of the fifty men making up the platoon

Cross with iron core (magnetic) and silvered frame

Ohnesorge met Hitler in 1920 and

10 mm (w) x 24

Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 visually-hidden Of the fifty men making(Lpla Kara ordenis) (Order Of The Bear Slayer). Instituted 1919. 1919 1940 Issue. In bronze gilt, a white enameled Thunder and Fire Cross with red and golden edging, centre obverse featuring a medallion with the folk hero Lplsis wrestling with a bear, reverse presenting the date 11 November 1919, the date when the Latvian Army expelled the troops of Pavel Bermondt Avalov from Riga, with the date is also engraved motto of the order "Par Latviju" (For