Orders, Decorations and Medals

Latvia, Order of the Bearslayer, Knight’s breast badge in gilt and enamels, 38 mm, the reverse lower arm numbered ‘1120’, good very fine and rare

The Order of the Bearslayer was established on 11 November 1919 as Latvia’s highest military decoration and was mainly awarded for personal valour and extraordinary bravery during the Latvian War for Independence 1918-19.