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    Hi F922!

    Yes I was also at the Mannerheim's museum... great exhibition! Very interesting indeed! The visit includes also a guided tour... the guides there they really know a lot about the subject. Very impressive! Like you rightly said it was not possible to take any pictures... but I bought a book! ;-) The display of Mannerheim's uniforms and especially his decorations' room was incredible! There were two Knight crosses of the Iron Cross; one with Eichenlaub and one without... I think one it was a Juncker. Not to mention all other rare orders and a spectacular set of a special class of the German Eagle Order and the Luftwaffe Doppelabzeichen mit Brillanten...

    He had a really eventful and long life... he could also speak several languages; very interesting personality!

    Surely it was a "must-see"!

    For more info:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerheim_Museum

    http://www.mannerheim-museo.fi/mm.php?page=mannerheimmuseo&lang=eng

    Ciao,

    Claudio

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    Claudio, again, many many thanks for this additional information!! It is great that a well-illustrated book on the Mannerheim [personal] museum is now available--apparently in an English edition as well. He was a fascinating personality and brilliant statesman and soldier. Without your postings, this would remain an obscure subject for us all!

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