Latvia, Republic. A Cased Order of the Cross of Recognition, IV. Class, c. 1940 Republic of (from the Zimmermann hoard)

(from the Zimmermann hoard)

dagger suspension rings attached

along with small letters beneath it with the phrase "Hard to Hit"

59 mm (w) x 90

Latvia, Republic. A Cased Order of the Cross of Recognition, IV. Class, c. 1940 Republic of (from the Zimmermann hoard)(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,