Another interesting Finnish Medal

[christerd]

Here is my newest addition to my collection, a simple looking medal but very seldom seen 

It is the medal for Peasants March against communism July 7th 1930 , it was the extreme right wing Lappo Movement who organized a march to Helsinki with 12 000 people.

How many medals that where struck is unknown to me,but since the Lappo was banned in 1932 I suppose not many of these medals was saved.

Christer

 

[paul wood]

Nice never seen one before.

Paul

 

[Claudius]

Wow!  That medal is connected to an important period in Finnish history.  I could see it in a Helsinki museum that has a display on the uprising.

[FRE_A_K]

10 000 medals were made in Turku. Quite common imo.

The man pictured on the obverse is Vihtori Kosola.

There are also a few other collectable items releated to Lapua Movement.

- Vili

[Christian J]

Does it have an engraving on the rim? I bought one and to my surprise it was engraved to a Swedish speaking captain. I guess that it's a private commission?

I've heard they were intolerant to the Swedish speaking population but I think that's an after construction. I also bought a small print, a recruitment pamphlet in Swedish, from the same seller. 

Edited March 30, 2016 by Christian J