Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 Hold then shifted from the 1st

then shifted from the 1st QRD to the 23rd Reserve Battalion

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and matching Wehrmacht Military Police (Feldgendarmerie) Unteroffizier (Sergeant equivalent) shoulder boards

Gerspach III is remembered with honor on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

situated with a black-painted wooden frame measuring 66 cm (w) x 56 cm (h)

Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 Hold then shifted from the 1st(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