Finland, Republic. A Rare Lapland Front Cross, by Hopeatakomo O.Y. Auction white and green enamel details

white and green enamel details on a blue enamel background

There is a black leather patch stitched in place between the two eyelets on the right side

customized to a Panzer serviceman

which now opened its ranks to "all men of nordic blood" without

as indicated by the accompanying envelope

Finland, Republic. A Rare Lapland Front Cross, by Hopeatakomo O.Y. Auction white and green enamel detailsConstructed 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, ALAKURTTI, KIESTINKI, overlaid by a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a black enameled medallion, itself bearing a Finnish coat of arms with the flags of Finland and German, situated above dates of 1941 1943 inscriptions