Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Oiva Vaito Valentin Heikanen was born in Paattinen in 1921 and enlisted at Turku. He joined the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS to continue the fight against the Soviets, who had attacked Finland in the Winter War.After service on the East Front, the Battalion returned to Finland and the men rejoined the Finnish Army. Heikanen served with 9th Company, 52nd J?egers and was wounded at Ontajoki 26th June 1944. He died in Espoo in 1991. His medals are the Medal of Liberty 2nd class, Winter War Medal, Continuation War Medal, Blue Cross (Reservists), 14th Division Cross (with Ruk?jarvi clasp), Finnish SS-Volunteers Cross, East Front Medal, Iron Cross (2nd class).Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 Copy of the award document for the Finnish-SS Volunteers Cross. The document and cross are numbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 The sleeve badge of the Finnish Volunteers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 The first page of Heikanen's service book, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 Includes his service with the Finnish volunteers. The battalion was raised by the Finnish Government and only allowed to serve against the Soviets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 (edited) service on returning to Finland Edited April 29, 2006 by Old Braggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Braggs Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 The man himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hello Steve,A extraordinary complete and very rare group ! Many thanks for posting it for our viewing Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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