The official AHF Winter & Continuation War quiz thread

[Juha Tompuri]

A new question, who is this Captain?

[Juha Tompuri]

Next summer, now a Major:

[Juha Tompuri]

Mr X (top)
and two his fellow officers:

[Juha Tompuri]

He...

...ca 3 ½ years ago at a place where all they then were:

[Juha Tompuri]

Sportsman

[Seppo Koivisto]

My guess is Heikki Savolainen, medical Captain in the Winter War, bronze medalist of the 1936 Olympic gymnastics team event and individual and team gold medalist of the 1948 Olympic games.

[Juha Tompuri]

Correct answer!

Heikki Savolainen took part as an athlete to five Olympic games and won medals at each of them - nine medals totally.
The two other persons at the photos were his team mates at the Berlin Olympic games: Esa Seeste and Markku Uosikkinen.
Photos:
SA-photos 62166, 90004, 95998,108357 and 4000
http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/ne ... /542427589
Your turn next.

Regards, Juha

[Seppo Koivisto]

Next question. Name this insignia.

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[Seppo Koivisto]

Hint: Most of the bearers were civilians during the Lapland War.

[Seppo Koivisto]

Hint2: It was not worn voluntarily.

[Seppo Koivisto]

Hint3: I don't know if the insignia was made by a museum for their exhibition, but it has blue and white vertical stripes and blue and white vertical stripes had also the uniform of the bearers.

[John Hilly]

Maybe boys and men taken prisoners by the Germans, like työvelvolliset - work oblicants(?) in Mikko Laaksonen's book "Punanatsi" - Red Nazi?

With best, J-P

[Seppo Koivisto]

Maybe boys and men taken prisoners by the Germans, like työvelvolliset - work oblicants(?) in Mikko Laaksonen's book "Punanatsi" - Red Nazi?

With best, J-P

Close, but no.

[Seppo Koivisto]

Hint 4. More famous were the single colour versions of the batch.

[Aleksander P]

Worn by civilians who were taken as hostages by German soldiers in Tornio and Rovaniemi?