Finland, Republic. A 1941-1943 Northern Front Cross Auction 30 mm (w) x 26

30 mm (w) x 26

Footnote: The Slovak Badge of Honor for Service on the Eastern Front was instituted in April 1942 and produced by the Slovak Mint in Kremnica

measuring 12mm

his next assignment took him to Vilnius in Lithuania

He is buried in Hourges Orchard Cemetery

Finland, Republic. A 1941-1943 Northern Front Cross Auction 30 mm (w) x 26Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with blue enameled arms and with a central white enameled disc set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the disc bearing Finnish and German flags with a Finnish national emblem, topped by dates 1941 1943, circumscribed by inscriptions of POHJOISRINTAMA and DIE NORDFRONT (THE NORTHERN FRONT in both Finnish and German), with a mobile swastika emanating