Latvia, First Republic. A Commemorative Medal for the War of Independence Hold During the bloody Rhineland battles

During the bloody Rhineland battles of 1945

marked “935”

A cap badge constructed of gilded tombac

suspended from a metal hanger wrapped in forest green woven cloth with silver bars wrapped around the hanger on either end

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

Latvia, First Republic. A Commemorative Medal for the War of Independence Hold During the bloody Rhineland battlesConstructed 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)