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The orders, decorations and medals of Finland form a system through which the Finnish government shows its respect to persons who have distinguished themselves on some walk of life. The legal basis of the system is the Act on the displays of public recognition (1215/1999) which grants the president the authority to issue decrees on orders ...
This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by Finland, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.
Order of the White Rose of Finland (50 P) Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Finland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class is identical in size and appearance to the Medal of Liberty, 1st Class, but it is made of bronze. The medal is worn on the chest, attached to a 31 mm wide red ribbon with a 4 mm wide yellow stripe located 1 mm from each edge. [2] Medal of Merit, 2nd Class Vapaudenristin 2. luokan ansiomitali (VR Am 2)
The Mannerheim Cross 2nd Class has been awarded to 191 people. [5] The first cross was awarded to Colonel Ruben Lagus on 22 July 1941. [5] The first private to be awarded the cross was Vilho Rättö, who was awarded his cross on 3 August 1941 for destroying four enemy tanks with a sightless anti-tank gun taken from the enemy, by aiming the gun through its bore.
If you rank the world's nations by how many medals they've won per capita since 1896, three of the top five countries are in one area.
Summa Cross. The Memorial Crosses (Muistoristi) are Finnish specific service medals of the Second World War, i.e. Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War. [1] They are official awards of Finland and shall be worn after the other official awards in chronological order, however preceding later campaign medals (e.g. different United Nations Medals) and other generic awards for patriotic duty.
The United States will try to make history and avenge its only loss at the 2025 world junior hockey championship when it faces Finland in Sunday's gold-medal game in Ottawa (7:30 p.m. ET, NHL ...