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The swastika is an ancient Baltic thunder cross symbol (pērkona krusts; also fire cross, ugunskrusts), used to decorate objects, traditional clothing and in archaeological excavations. [1] [2] [3] Latvia adopted the swastika, for its Air Force in 1918/1919 and continued its use until the Soviet occupation in 1940.
The fascist group Ugunskrusts (Fire Cross), one of the Latvian ethnic symbols as well as a sign which is a mirrored image of a swastika, was founded in Latvia in 1932 by Gustavs Celmiņš, but was soon outlawed by the government of Latvia. The former Ugunskrusts organisation reemerged immediately under the new name of Pērkonkrusts.
The medal of the Lāčplēsis Military Order is a white enameled Thunder and Fire Cross (Latvian left facing swastika) with red and golden edging.In the centre of the obverse there is a medallion with picture of the folk hero Lāčplēsis wrestling with a bear.
In Latvia, too, the swastika (known as Fire Cross, Latvian: ugunskrusts, or Thunder Cross, Latvian: pērkonkrusts) was used as the marking of the Latvian Air Force between 1918 and 1934, as well as in insignias of some military units. [26] It was also used as a symbol by the Latvian fascist movement Pērkonkrusts, as well as by other organisations.
State orders, medals and other decorations are bestowed by the President of Latvia or a person assigned by him on May 4 - Restoration of Independence Day, November 11 - Lāčplēsis Day and November 18 – Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia, as well as on other days on special occasions.
English: The oldest example ever found of the swastika, ugunskrusts ("fire-cross") in Latvian, is 15,000 years old, carved in mammoth tusk, unearthed in Ukraine. The use of the swastika among the ancestors of the Latvians is surely as ancient because the Slavic and Baltic languages/cultures stem from a common Balto-Slavic proto-ancestor.
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Thunder Cross (Latvian: pērkonkrusts), the swastika in Latvian contexts; Pērkonkrusts, a Latvian fascist organisation led by Gustavs Celmiņš, sometimes referred to in English as the Thunder Cross; Thunder Cross (arcade game), a 1988 scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game; Rhapsody of Fire, formerly Thundercross, an Italian power metal band