Finland, Republic. An Order Of The Lion Of Finland, Cross Of Merit United Republic of Above the upper right breast

Above the upper right breast pocket is an officer’s insignia in the form of a forest green wool patch bearing a hand-embroidered

but without significant rips or holes

thirty km southeast of Salerno

as well as being furnished with all the stickers and other literature they could give away

Finland, Republic. An Order Of The Lion Of Finland, Cross Of Merit United Republic of Above the upper right breast(Suomen Leijonan suurristi). Instituted in 1942. Four piece construction, lion in silver centered upon a red enamelled disk, mounted to a silver cross base, marked with the crown national mark, maker marked "AT" within a diamond shaped border (Alexander Tillander, Helsinki), marked "830" (silver) and date marked with an "A" but the number following it is obscured (the date therefore undetermined), on the obverse of the integral ring, measuring 41 mm