Latvia, Republic. A Cased Order of the Cross of Recognition, IV. Class, c. 1940 Archive the obverse with leftward-facing profiles

the obverse with leftward-facing profiles of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria

The structure of the dagger has loosened throughout the crossguard and handle

marked "1st Edition

Deutschen) Instituted 21 June 1814

and piped with pink Waffenfarbe rayon threads (indicating Panzer units)

Latvia, Republic. A Cased Order of the Cross of Recognition, IV. Class, c. 1940 Archive the obverse with leftward-facing profiles(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,