Estonia, Republic. A White Cross Of The Home Guard, Iii Class. C.1935 Archive 20 mm x 28

20 mm x 28

the buttons maker marked "F

being shot down on May 24 by French fighters and spending a month as a French prisoner of war

shoulders adorned with golden yellow trimmed shoulder straps with stitched reinforced buttoning holes secured with a single silver colored pebbled shank button

Estonia, Republic. A White Cross Of The Home Guard, Iii Class. C.1935 Archive 20 mm x 28(Kaitseliidu Valgerist). Instituted in 1929. In silver, bronze gilt and enamels, measuring 38. 7 mm (w) x 45. 7 mm (h), chipping evident in the white enamels on the tip of the arm at 3 o'clock, contact marks on the white enamels on the reverse, original ribbon wrapped around an older ribbon of another award that is visible on the reverse, safety pin attachment, very fine.