Finland, Republic. A Northern Front Cross, by Hopeatakomo O.Y. GTRexclude late Commanding Canadian Contingent

late Commanding Canadian Contingent

Following military service late in the First World War

December 5th

dated 10 October 1976 and closing with Langemeyer’s handwritten signature

Pinned onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of aluminum Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Finland, Republic. A Northern Front Cross, by Hopeatakomo O.Y. GTRexclude late Commanding Canadian ContingentConstructed 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, SALLA, UHTUA, KIESTINKI, overlaid by a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a white enameled medallion, bearing a Finnish coat of arms topped by dates of 1941 42, in turn flanked by Finnish and German flags, and situated above