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<a href="http://www.flags.net/FINL02.htm" target=_top>http://www.flags.net/FINL02.htm</a> <BR> <BR>What actually is the figure in the upper left corner of Finnish presidential flag? <BR> <BR>Reminds Nazism, or WDYT? <BR> <BR> <BR>Actually it is the basic shape of our decoration "Cross of Liberty". <BR> <BR>More pictures of the cross can be seen at <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.geocities.com/finnmilpge/fmp_medals.html" target=_top>http://www.geocities.com/finnmilpge/fmp_medals.html</a> <BR> <BR>The order was started in 1918. So it has nothing to do with Nazism, after all. <BR> <BR> <BR>My father was awarded with <BR> <BR>Medal of Liberty 2nd Class <BR>For men and NCOs. <BR>Awarded to many those who worked for the state during <BR>the war and also to wounded soldiers. <BR>URHEUDESTA = FÖR TAPPERHET = for valour <BR>463.857 awarded and 7.713 with red cross. <BR> <BR>I know nothing special of his valor, but wounded he surely was <BR> <BR>Look at the hollow above his forehead <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/messages/14/267.jpg" alt="C:\Iiikka_Img0035.jpg">
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But what a kind face!
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Elaine, <BR> <BR>he was about 90 when I took the picture. Hearing aid is clearly visible, the squint too. <BR> <BR>The strabismus divergens began when he could not see the traffic lights anymore. <BR> <BR>Consequently he crossed the street, not being able to rely on his senses, but only on Providence. <BR> <BR>It failed him only about two times (i.e. when he crossed a street towards 'do not walk' sign and was hit by a car).
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Below is a picture of the shell fragment a Swedish voluntary surgeon removed from my father's head. <BR> <BR>Preoperatively - so the story goes - the doctor had asked some questions by using Swedish language. <BR> <BR>And he had described the situation by a sentence "Yrar men svarar redligt" (delirious but answers clearly to the questions). <BR> <BR>My father had been canvassing in Sweden one summer in 30's and had learnt the basic lingo. <BR> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/messages/14/307.jpg" alt="sirpale">
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