Finland, Republic. An Arctic Ocean Front Cross Auction Archive red wool base

red wool base

II Class for Officers (35 Year Service)

The members who served were also well decorated

Footnote 1: Eduard Wohlrath Christian Dietl (1890–1944) joined the 5th Bavarian Infantry Regiment as an officer cadet in 1909

Finland, Republic. An Arctic Ocean Front Cross Auction Archive red wool baseConstructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by a mobile swastika bearing inscriptions of PETSMO, LITSA, KIRKKONIEMI, LIINAHAMARI, overlaid by a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a black enameled medallion, bearing a Finnish coat of arms flanked by the flags of Finland and Germany, situated above dates 1941 1943 and