Here are the arms of Finland’s historical provinces:
http://www.ngw.nl/int/fin/prov/images/alandh.gif
Åland Islands.
http://www.ngw.nl/int/fin/prov/images/hame.gif
Häme (Sw. Tavastland).
http://www.ngw.nl/int/fin/prov/images/karjala.gif
Karjala (Sw. Karelen).
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Variations of the arms of Karelia.
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Republic of Finland, Cross of Liberty, Second Class, Military Division, for service in the Winter War (in Karelia) 1939-40. Note the inclusion of the two arms from the Karelian coat-of-arms.
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Under the Russian Empire, the titles of the Emperor included that of Grand Duke of Finland and Prince of Karelia despite the fact that most of Karelia at the time was under the administration of Finland.
Marcus K;43698 wrote:
http://www.ngw.nl/int/fin/prov/images/alandh.gif
Åland Islands.
The coronet on the arms of the Åland Islands is the old style coronet of a Swedish count.
David Pritchard;43703 wrote:
The coronet on the arms of the Åland Islands is the old style coronet of a Swedish count.
Acctualy this is the coronet of a Finnish and Swedish Friherre (Baron).
Marcus K;43715 wrote:
Acctualy this is the coronet of a Finnish and Swedish Friherre (Baron).
According to Neubecker the coronet is an old style comital coronet rather than a baronial coronet. The old style comital coronet has 11 pearls or silver balls showing and the baronial coronet has 9 pearls or silver balls showing. According to von Volborth the coronet is just as you have identified it, that of a Swedish or Finnish baron. Can you explain the confusion between these two noted heraldic experts?
David Pritchard;43718 wrote:
According to Neubecker the coronet is an old style comital coronet rather than a baronial coronet. The old style comital coronet has 11 pearls or silver balls showing and the baronial coronet has 9 pearls or silver balls showing. According to von Volborth the coronet is just as you have identified it, that of a Swedish or Finnish baron. Can you explain the confusion between these two noted heraldic experts?
The Swedish Rank Crowns for Greve (Count) and Friherre (Baron) was introduced in 1561 atthe coronation of King Erik XIV. They however did change in apperance during the 17th Century perhaps this is the explanation tho the difference between Neubecker and von Volborth. The present rank crown has five leafs for a Count and the pearls as in Åland Islands arms for a Baron.
I came upon the coat-of-arms of a Finnish military unit that includes the arms of the historical province of Savo as well as the Cross of Liberty, Fourth Class, Military Division (I suppose that this is a unit award for service in the Winter War).
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The 16th century coat-of-arms of the historical Finnish province of Savo.
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The 1997 coat-of-arms of the present day Province of Eastern Finland that absorbed the historical provinces of Karelia and Savo.
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The coats-of-arms of the traditional provinces of Finland that have not yet been posted on this thread.
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Uusimaa (late 16th Century)
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Satakunta (15th Century)
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Pohjanmaa (1562)
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Lappland (1606)
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Varsinais-Suomi (1581)
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David Pritchard;43731 wrote:
I came upon the coat-of-arms of a Finnish military unit that includes the arms of the historical province of Savo as well as the Cross of Liberty, Fourth Class, Military Division (I suppose that this is a unit award for service in the Winter War).
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This is not the arms a military unit but the arms of the City of Mikkeli. The Marshal’s batons denote that the HQ of the Finnish Military Forces where situtated in the city during the Winter War 1939-40 and the Continuation War 1941-44. The Cross of Liberty was awarded the City for its services during those times. Mikkeli is along with Vaasa the only City in Finland that has thus been rewarded.
