Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 Hold with the exterior bearing a

with the exterior bearing a smooth black wool cap band

Gerspach III is remembered with honor on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

suffering a gun shot wound to his left hand

obverse centre presents the three towered hall of Angkor Vat on a green enameled background

In February 1941 he was posted to the 12th Gunnery Regiment which was tasked with patrolling occupied France

Latvia, Republic. An Order of Lāčplēsis, Third Class Knight's Cross, c.1925 Hold with the exterior bearing a(Lpla Kara ordenis) (Order Of The Bear Slayer). Instituted 1919. 1919 1940 Issue. In bronze gilt, a white enameled Thunder and Fire Cross with red and golden edging, centre obverse featuring a medallion with the folk hero Lplsis wrestling with a bear, reverse presenting the date 11 November 1919, the date when the Latvian Army expelled the troops of Pavel Bermondt Avalov from Riga, with the date is also engraved motto of the order "Par Latviju" (For