with outer fastening device
constructed of silvered steel
after the plane had been attacked by enemy fighters I noticed that the right wing had two large holes about two-thirds of the way out
picked all that up and uh
on a tan-coloured rayon backer
Finland, Republic. An Order Of The Lion Of Finland, Cross Of Merit consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with outer fastening device(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