Finland, Republic. An Order of the Lion of Finland, Commander with Case, by A. Tillander Newly Listed measuring 22 mm (w) x

measuring 22 mm (w) x 20 mm (h)

overall gilt wear on the insignia

the reverse inscribed “XII”

above a date of “1944” and flanked by an inscription of “AFRIKA TUNISIA” with Afrikakorps-style palm trees

A Kriegsmarine EM/NCO’s breast eagle

Finland, Republic. An Order of the Lion of Finland, Commander with Case, by A. Tillander Newly Listed measuring 22 mm (w) x(Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta). Instituted in 1942. In silver gilt and enamel, a white enamelled cross, the obverse centerpiece bearing a rampant lion on a red enamelled field, circumscribed by a ring decorated with crossed red ribbons, marked on the suspension loop with the makers mark of A. Tillander, a silver crown hallmark denoting import between 1925 1998, and 813H silver fineness mark, hanging on a suspension loop, measures 49. 52 mm (w) x 54. 62