Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by JTV » 14 Mar 2020, 17:28

Just in case of other re-enactors, who need Finnish uniform items, here are some possibly useful contacts:

Finnish online shop that sells both original (post-war) uniform items and re-productions:
http://tiera-repro.com/index.php?route=common/home

I met them in Tamarms (largest annual Finnish gunshow) and their future plans include starting production of high quality reproduction tunics and pants of military uniform m/36.

Antikvaria Birgitta is mainly a 2nd hand bookshop, but they also a have some wool sweaters of the exact model used by Finnish Army during World War 2 in various sizes. The sweater, sometimes referred as wool sweater m/22 (villapaita m/22), was apparently manufactured for Finnish military until late 1970's, so the ones being sold are post-war production, but identical to pre-war & wartime sweaters. Their email-address is: [email protected]

They also have the sweaters listed on this website (of 2nd hand book shops): https://www.antikvariaatti.net/tuotteet/162863

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by JTV » 08 Oct 2020, 20:59

It has been a long while, but the website has been updated again. This time the update instead of new page contains some re-written pages and a whole lot of additional photographs, grand majority of which are period photographs from SA-kuva.fi phot archive, photos made available by various Finnish museums and some photos of my personal collection.

I have new page about Civil Guard uniforms under work, but the COVID-19 did a number to my research, which delayed it.

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by JTV » 06 May 2021, 19:56

The website has been updated again. Main new content of this update is page about uniforms of Finnish Civil Guard (Suojeluskunta), the particular page: http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/UNIFORMS7.htm

Updated pages have been marked accordingly on main page. The updates include plenty of photographs from variety of sources.

Next subject in line - hand grenades used in Finland.

Attached photograph - Civil Guard platoon leader in very early Civil Guard uniform - presumably from circa 1919 - 1921.
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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by Esa K » 10 May 2021, 20:34

Great work from you, as allways! Looking forward to next update!

Best regards

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Post by JTV » 19 Dec 2021, 21:59

Little early Christmas gift - new update is now online. This time the subject is hand grenades used by Finnish military. There was so much material that I had to divide it two sections and leave smoke hand grenades for another update. Direct links to two new pages:
http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/GRENADES1.htm - part 1, hand grenades introduced to use in year 1918.
http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/GRENADES2.htm - part 2, hand grenades introduced in 1930's and during World War 2.

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Post by Esa K » 20 Dec 2021, 23:08

Sad Im notself contributing here so much, but just want to say, as allways great work from you, following your pages with great interest!

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Post by Panssari Salama » 22 Dec 2021, 22:31

Great work, as always!

I am sure your site is on everyone’s go-to list for finding wartime information :thumbsup:
Panssari Salama - Paying homage to Avalon Hill PanzerBlitz and Panzer Leader board games from those fab '70s.

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by alpinoinMT » 19 Jan 2022, 20:18

excellent excellent excellent
kiitos
a reporter once asked me, after an awards ceremony
"are purple hearts for soldiers & bronze stars for officers?'

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by JTV » 16 Dec 2023, 20:20

It has been a long time, but I am proud to announce that new update is finally ready and online. The new main content is webpage named as Soldier's Issued Military Kit, which contains number of lists about military kit issued to individual soldiers by Finnish military from year 1918 to World War 2 and more detailed information about its items. This includes items such as canteens, mess tins, sporks, ammunition pouches, gloves, backpacks, bread bags, underwear, gas masks etc. I doubt this will be a final version of the page, since there is quite a lot of room for more specific information to be found and added, but I hope it will provide good information in particular for re-enactors and starting collectors.

New page can be found here: http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/SOLDIERS_KIT.htm
And main page of the website is here: https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/MAIN.html

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by Orlov » 16 Dec 2023, 22:46

BRAVO!
My favorite "Finnish" website!
Congrats JTV
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Post by JTV » 17 Dec 2023, 12:40

Orlov wrote:
16 Dec 2023, 22:46

My favorite "Finnish" website!
Thanks. May I ask the reason for using exclamation points (") around Finnish?

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Re: Jaeger Platoon, Finnish Army 1918 - 1945 Website updated

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Post by Orlov » 17 Dec 2023, 23:26

Dear JTV - it's just mistake.
Long live brave Suomi jääkäri!!!

Bestreg Orlov

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