Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 Archive weighing 78 grams

weighing 78 grams

The functional zipper comes with a khaki cotton pull-tab

quite severe damage to enamels (see illustration)

the centerpiece is superimposed on an anchor and enclosed by a chain

Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 Archive weighing 78 grams(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