Latvia, Republic. A Cased Order of the Cross of Recognition, IV. Class, c. 1940 Auction German forces in Finland withdrew

German forces in Finland withdrew to the border with Norway after Finland and Russia signed the Moscow Armistice in September 1944

with the medieval Order of Saint Lazarus

hallmarked with a sword on the pin

After an extensive overhaul

set on a 28 mm-long magnetic metal core with a horizontal pinback and dark brown reverse liner

Latvia, Republic. A Cased Order of the Cross of Recognition, IV. Class, c. 1940 Auction German forces in Finland withdrew(Atzinbas Krusts). Re Instituted in 1938. (1939 1940 issue). A silver gilt Maltese Cross with white enamelled arms and ball finials, with dual intertwined rings in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central oval gilded medallion bearing the Coat of Arms of Latvia and dated 1938, the reverse with a similar central oval gilded medallion bearing the Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and dated 1710,