Latvia. An Order of the Three Stars, Prototype Cross, c.1920 Republic of and slight tarnishing of the

and slight tarnishing of the brass

000 square miles (223

affixed to a rigid core with a horizontal pinback

suspended from a 58 mm long dual strand gold chain with stickpin at either end

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Latvia. An Order of the Three Stars, Prototype Cross, c.1920 Republic of and slight tarnishing of the(Triju Zvaigu ordenis). Instituted 1924. The only known prototype of the order, presenting a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, elongated smooth rays between each arm, the reverse of the cross features silver gilt arms with blanc hand scratched into each arm, the obverse medallion is a blue enamelled disc with three central five point stars encircled by a gilt band with triangular patterns, the reverse medallion is in silver bearing the