What type of Finnish decoration or award or ? is this?
Pre WW2? Post WW2?
Thanks Kiitos
what type of award?
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what type of award?
a reporter once asked me, after an awards ceremony
"are purple hearts for soldiers & bronze stars for officers?'
"are purple hearts for soldiers & bronze stars for officers?'
Re: what type of award?
This looks like a some sort of course badge for the defunct Maanpuolustusopisto (MpO, "National Defence College") or one of its predecessors.
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Re: what type of award?
Thank you
a reporter once asked me, after an awards ceremony
"are purple hearts for soldiers & bronze stars for officers?'
"are purple hearts for soldiers & bronze stars for officers?'
Re: what type of award?
According to "Suomen Kunniamerkit - The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Finland" by Jani Tiainen it is the Paallystoopiston kurssimerkki - Brass Officer School Badge (p.259). States that from 1970-1989 badge was awarded 4,880 times. Cheers - Mike