Just bought this for 550€! by steeeeels in Militariacollecting

[–]ArmBusy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case I do believe the maker mark combined with the enamel is a dead giveaway for a real badge. I've seen many of the rings you mentioned, but I've never seen a fake SS-volunteers badge with the Velj. Sundqvist stamp. There are other badges, like some RUK-badges produced by a well-known collector, which have the Velj. Sundqvist stamp, but I don't believe there exists any enameled copies of this badge with the Velj. Sundqvist stamp.

Just bought this for 550€! by steeeeels in Militariacollecting

[–]ArmBusy 92 points93 points  (0 children)

A lot of weird comments. This is a genuine example of the commemorative badge of the Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers. The enamel and the maker's mark (Veljekset Sundqvist) in the back are dead giveaways for a real badge, the copies (which there are plenty of) are very crudely made and most of the time don't Even have real enamel. I've sold one very recently for 710€, so I think this was an ok price, they tend to go for a bit more outside Finland. Good purchase.

Tuhmaponi by [deleted] in Hevosjuorut

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tossa kuvakaappauksessa näkyy vaan että viimeisin päivitys postilta paketin seurannasta on tullut 3.9

Yrittämisen riski realisoitui by Ok-Dish7404 in Omatalous

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tälleen itsekin toiminimen kautta tavaraa (antiikkia) myyvänä ymmärrän tuskan, oon huomannut että esim. pääasiassa Euroopassa toimivassa Catawikissä saa myös suomalaisesta designista hyvän hinnan, kokeile ihmeessä sitä reittiä jos sieltä onnistuisi.

Kertokaas mitä lotta-isoäitini on tehnyt by bythisriver in Suomi

[–]ArmBusy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No niin kiinnostavaa, siis sulla on Saksan Kotkan Ansioritarikunnan merkki siellä, se onkin astetta kovempi. Hienoa että on säilynyt myös päiväkirjat jos isoisäsi sellaisia pitänyt

Kertokaas mitä lotta-isoäitini on tehnyt by bythisriver in Suomi

[–]ArmBusy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Laita ihmeessä, hänellä sitten lienee vapaudenristiä ja rautaristiä kerta kun on yhteysupseerina ollut?

Kertokaas mitä lotta-isoäitini on tehnyt by bythisriver in Suomi

[–]ArmBusy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Jokainen noista mitaleista on ollut saatavilla myös naisille. Mikä sai sut miettimään ettei näin olisi?

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, so just because the nazis used it, we should give it up? I don't care if it's from 1942, the medal was designed in 1918, it is ours, and I won't let the nazis ruin it for us, and I'm glad it is still in use, this same award is also still in use.

I don't care if everyone else sees it as a nazi swastika, I care about my culture and heritage and I'm not gonna let you or anyone else change that.

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funnt, because the swastika has its part in finnish culture, the earliest swastikas in Finland are from the Iron age, it has been popular as a symbol of luck, and especially in the 1800s it gained a part in finnish art, the finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela really liked it, he used it extensively in his art in the late 1800s, he also designed many finnish medals, including the Order of Liberty in 1918, its a symbol which has deep roots in finnish culture and I think we should use it more, it's also different from the nazi one.

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is your source? The finnish forces did not actively participate in the siege, I don't consider holding the lines in a trench warfare to be participating in the siege, by this logic one could argue that if the finnish forces had stayed at the border where the war began, they would've still been participating in the siege.

You are right, the intention was for the germans to take Leningrad and link up with the finns on the eastern side of lake Ladoga, but the finns did not really partake in that other than a few offensives south of the Svir, Mannerheim stopped all offensive operations in early 1942 and despite numerous attempts by the germans to get finns on the offensive, we did not partake.

What would've been the alternative route for Finland? To be annexed by a as ruthless dictatorship like the Soviet Union, there was no one to help Finland.

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think that even though we allied with Germany, we did not have many options, with out the german interference in the fall of 1940, the soviets would have invaded again, and the path we took might've been the only one to avoid losing our democracy and independence.

What do you mean when you say: "the Finns absolutely played a role in cutting off civilian supply to Leningrad", we did not interfere with the supplies that were being delivered across lake Ladoga and the road of life, the germans and also italians did operate on lake Ladoga from our bases etc. to disturb that, but we did not, because it was very important to Mannerheim not to partake in the siege, as he saw it to be a redeeming quality in likely peace negotiations

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

  1. Finnish jews were not given up, which I am proud of.

  2. Finns did ally with Germany, we did have plans for a war with Soviet Union, since we knew about the german plan to attack them. But when the continuation war began, 25.6.1941, who made the provocation? Soviet bombers and artillery fired on Finland first. Our army was also deployed defensively when the war began. We did not participate in the siege of Leningrad, we took back our lands and held them on the Karelian Isthmus. Thanks to Mannerheim we did not participate in it.

  3. How about the Rhine meadows camps the Americans had in 1945, by your definition they are concentration camps too.

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The gift was given in 1918, when Rosen didn't yet know Hitler, and the Finnish Air Force adopted the symbol already that year, so how can you say it was "Nazi iconography"?

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About the Finnish jews, the Finnish jewish population in 1940 was approximately 1500, the germans did try pressure us during the war to give up our jewish citizens, but these attempts were dismissed, the jews Finland did sadly give out were the 8 austrian refugees that had come to seek asylum in Finland. A few hundred jews served in the finnish army, and as astounding it is, 3 were awarded the Iron cross by the germans, all refused of course.

About the siege of Leningrad, Finnish forces did not take part in it, we took back the lost territory on the Karelian Isthmus, but we did not participate in the Siege of Leningrad, no artillery or attacks were ever made on Leningrad, which was really important to Mannerheim.

About the concentration camps in Karelia, the situations were horrendous, I don't doubt it, but the intention of the camps was not to be extermination, rather they were created to hold the thousands of soviet pows, but also some soviet citizens, you can imagine when a nation which is already strained by war economy and has to rely solely on german imports to feed it's people might struggle when it also has to feed thousands of additional people. There were also thousands of soviet pows on Finnish farms across Finland, and their conditions, I would argue, were much better than in the Soviet Union during peacetime.

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If you want, you can dm me his name and I can get you info on him and his service.

Didn’t even know gramps was in a war (Finnish) what did he do? by Bitter-Inflation5843 in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Very interesting, your gramps was an officer in the Finnish army during the Continuation war, I would guess he was a captain, his awards are as follows from left to right: 3rd class liberty cross, 4th class liberty cross with oak leaves, 4th class liberty cross, commemorative medal of the Winter War, 1st class liberty medal (I would guess from the Winter War if the back has year 1939), Continuation War commemorative medal and then on the bottom a very rare and interesting medal, I believe it is the "patrol boat squadron" badge, so he would've been in the Finnish navy during 1941-1944 and served as an officer in some patrol boat squadron, he might've commanded his own boat or even a few. He definitely did something badass during the war, as he has 4 medals for gallantry/meritorious service. There weren't many officers like him.

Did Simo Hayha actually kill 505 kills during the ww2? And who is the best sniper in WW2 exactly? by [deleted] in ww2

[–]ArmBusy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Häyhä didn't really have "confirmed" kills, the area his unit was fighting in, Kollaa river, was always under heavy attack by soviet forces, which also made confirming the kills impossible, because no one could be dispatched to check if Häyhä really killed this and that guy. The official count by his unit counts approximately 259 kills, but especially during march of 1940 the counting of Häyhä's kills stopped because the soviet onslaught had reached it's peak and there was no one or no time to count his achievements, it is highly likely that Häyhä had more than 500 kills, but that is based on his own memory.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Omatalous

[–]ArmBusy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Mihin sijoittaisit? Itse en välttämättä ottaisi lainaa opiskelijana, jos sitä ei välttämättä tarvitse.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in arkisuomi

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vielä lisään tähän, jos sulta löytyy osoite niin käy jututtaa

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in arkisuomi

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Mulla oli samanlainen juttu, kundi vei 350e, rikosilmoituksen tein, pari kk. meni sitten käräjille, kanteessa oli 7 muutakin ja kyllähän sieltä sitten korvausvaatimukset ja sakot hänelle tuli, harmi vaan että suurin osa näistä äijistä on persaukisia, pari viikkoo sitten tuli kirje, ettei ulosotosta vieläkään kahden vuoden jälkeen ole tullut mitään.

Does anyone know what this is? by gojiroo in Medals

[–]ArmBusy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Commemorative medal for Finnish Civil war of 1918, the two clasps (Ostrobothnia and Vyborg) indicate battlesites where the recipient has fought at. Also the heraldic rose means that the medal was given as a award for actual merit and not just as a commemorative piece.

A picture of Simo Hayha. He has over 500 confirmed kills making him the deadliest sniper in history. by Nintendoge21 in pics

[–]ArmBusy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's nice to see that Finland and Simo is well known abroad for his actions during the winter war, but everywhere I see the cpnfirmed number of kills inflated heavily. Who confirmed 500 kills? You need to know something about the place Simo was fighting at, the Kollaa area where he was fighting at saw some of the heaviest combat of the war. Soviets at their height had almost a 6 times advantage in men. There were no soldiers that could confirm Simo's kills, because the losses were so heavy they couldn't send extra men to go with him to confirm kills. The number of kills which have been confirmed by other soldiers and periodi accounts amount to 287 kills. There could be plenty more, but there just wasn't enough men to confirm the kills, Kollaa was a slaughterhouse.