This is an excellent example of a desirable and sought-after gorget
The document is written in Latvian
the leather sweatband exhibits light discolouration and cracking from active use but remains relatively supple and intact
eight of whom carry flags
indicating that this tunic was worn by a Hauptmann
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service certificate_of_authenticity This is an excellent example(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 23 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class,