Order of Lāčplēsis
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Order of Lāčplēsis
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The Order of Lāčplēsis, the first and the highest Latvian military award, was established in 1919 on the initiative of Jānis Balodis, the Commander of the Latvian Army during the Latvian War of Independence. The Lāčplēsis Order is awarded in the first, second and third class. Initially, a holder of the order had to be a recipient of the third class before being promoted to a higher class. It was named after the Latvian epic hero, Lāčplēsis. As a young man, Lāčplēsis kills a bear with his bare ha
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Latvian military decoration
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_L%C4%81%C4%8Dpl%C4%93sis
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2023-07-12T19:03:13Z
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