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A Badge of the School of Non-Commissioned Officers. Makermarked Roman Tavast.

Badge of the 4th Artillery Group. Numbered no.30. Makermarked Roman Tavast.

Thanks. I have same feelings, pity they are so rare. Only few collectors worldwide collect this subject due to scarcity of the material. If anybody would like to start with collecting of Estonian 1920-1940 ODM, then a good selection is available in http://www.emedals.ca/catalog.asp?country=E (Attention! One of the badges is not 1920-40 period) pluribus

Defence League- Badge of the Narva subunit Narva regular unit.

A commemorative cross to the participants of the combat in Narva-Krivasoo-Auvere area in 1943-44.

Defence League- Badge of the Tallinn regional unit Orcherstra.

Sea Fortresses Seaman Gunners badge.

Jan, Thank you for your interest. We are on the half-way, more to come. pluribus

Badge of the Ordnance Board. Numbered no.56. Makermarked Aleksander Karja.

The World Centre of Estonian Freedomfighters established a three-grade Cross of Merit in 1970. MP Sir Frederic Bennett was awarded I class Cross of Merit in 1987. Sir Colin J. Hines was awarded I class Cross of Merit. It`s extr. rare. Only 9 I class Crosses were awarded until 1997.

Just a quick note to the historian. These "new" Baltic states are among the ancient states of the Europe. History of Estonian state goes back at least to the early 13th century. Also, I think, it`s not a good idea to forgot 1918-1940 Estonian Republic. Of course, you already did this once in Yalta. Regarding this medals, actually these are US, GB, Canadian, British, German etc., medals because they were issued and awarded in these countries. Estonian organisation took over these designs in 1990s. pluribus

Pioneer Battalion badge. Makermarked Roman Tavast.

During WW II around 100.000 Estonians fled to the West from Soviet occupation. Among them were tens of thousands of men who had fought in the German or Finnish armed forces. Refugees established a number of organizations in their new countries of residence. War veterans began to form their organisations in Germany in 1949 and in the early 1950s this movement spread all over the world. In USA in 1953, in Canada in 1954. In 1972 the World Centre of Estonian Freedomfighters (in USA) established commemorative crosses for eight most important army units formed of Estonians and six most important battles of these units. (H.Walter- Eesti teenetem?rgid) Here you can see a Cross to the veterans of 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1)

Merit medal of the Defence League. Special Services class (with rosette) and I; II; III classes.

A badge of the 1st Artillery Group. Numbered no. 111 on the reverse. Makermarked Roman Tavast.

Two types of the badges of Car Company of the Defence Forces Headquarters.

A badge of Defence League Sakalamaa regional unit. Screwback. Numbered on the reverse no. 72. Makermarked Roman Tavast.

reverse of the Star

A Star of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle.

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Closer scan of the neck badge

A neck badge of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle. 570 ex. of III class and 179 of II class orders awarded in 1928-1940.

Reverse of the Star.

OK, let`s move on to the military order. The Order of the Cross of the Eagle. It was instituted on the 10th anniversary of the the Republic of Estonian, on Febr., 24th 1928, to give recognition to the merits performed for services in the interest of Estonia or the Defence League. The Order was converted to a governmental decoration in 1936 to give recognition to the services performed in the interest of state defence. Here is a Star of the Order. 353 ex. awarded in 1928-1940.

The III class - Silver Badge with Blue Background on White Ribbon. Two types. 313 ex. awarded in 1921. Sorry again for the missing ribbons.