VINTAGE SALASPILS MEMORIAL Lapel Pin Latvia... For Sale
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VINTAGE SALASPILS MEMORIAL Lapel Pin Latvia...: $7.74
UP FOR SALE IS ONE VINTAGE SALASPILS MEMORIAL LAPEL PIN... SALASPILS WAS A CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WW2 BUILT IN 1941...OFFICIALLY IT WAS KNOWN AS \"SALASPILS POLICE PRISON AND RE-EDUCATION THROUGH LABOUR CAMP\"... IT IMPRISONED SOVIET FORCES, JEWS AND LATVIANS...THE CAMP WAS CONVENIENTLY BUILT NEAR A RAILWAY SPUR LINE...IT WAS FIRST USED IN OCTOBER 1941...THE CAMP WAS RIFE WITH DISEASE WITH 1/2 OF THE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THE CAMP WERE KILLED BY TYPHOID FEVER OR MEASLES...BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED IN COLORS OF BRONZE, SUBTLE GREEN TONES AND SILVER... PIN MEASURES 1/2\" TALL...1/2\" WIDE. VERY RARE... A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR YOUR COLLECTION...
