Latvia, First Republic. A Latvijas Vanagi (Latvian Hawks) Member’s Badge, With Documents, By O. Pērkons & A. Kucejevs Hold before leaving the service

before leaving the service

spot on the gilt at the top of the cross from soldering to the ring

These coins were not struck to be circulated

second and third line trenches

the doctor described the situation he faced that day: "When wounded

Latvia, First Republic. A Latvijas Vanagi (Latvian Hawks) Member’s Badge, With Documents, By O. Pērkons & A. Kucejevs Hold before leaving the serviceThis is a lot of extremely well preserved documents and photographs pertaining to Latvian exiles and United States Army forces in immediate post Second War Germany. It includes: A large black and white photograph depicting a biplane, bearing mobile swastika insignias on its upper wings, crashed in a trench. The photograph is unmarked and measures 142 mm (w) x 93 mm (h). Accompanied by four smaller black and white photographs depicting Latvian airmen