Latvia, First Republic. A Commemorative Medal for the War of Independence Hold He then served in the

He then served in the east with Tank Destroyer Battalions 33 and 263

During the bloody Rhineland battles of 1945

Includes: Piacenza

ЛООСЪ” indicating manufacture by the noted German medallist Gottfried Bernhard Loos

marked “935”

Latvia, First Republic. A Commemorative Medal for the War of Independence Hold He then served in theConstructed of silver with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a shield with a red enameled field, overlaid by an arm wielding a sword which bears a mobile swastika on the crossguard, interspersed with five pointed stars and flanked by clusters of oak leaves, topped by a banner bearing an inscription of PAR TVZEMI (FOR THE FATHERLAND), flanked by dates 1918 1920, unmarked, measuring 27. 98 mm (w)