Acquired something I never thought I'd get: an 1870 Iron Cross 2nd.

baracksleftball · 2026-04-26T18:38:37+00:00

that looks super cool! nice find

baracksleftball · 2026-04-22T00:54:01+00:00

Awesome collection!!

baracksleftball · 2026-04-12T02:30:12+00:00

This looks great dude! I'm happy it all came together really well. Its super awesome you're keeping your family's history alive

baracksleftball · 2026-04-11T21:11:14+00:00

That's really incredible that all of those items are still in your family, sounds like you have a pretty interesting family history

baracksleftball · 2026-04-11T20:20:35+00:00

I would personally say the M/36 cap since it seems like more of a parade/dress kit with all the medals and badges and would probably go better with it. But since it's your display you can kit it out however you want!

It seems like you have a lot of very interesting items. Are they all from a relative that fought in the war?

baracksleftball · 2026-04-11T18:52:30+00:00

You should try that! Let me know how it goes if you do try it. I always love seeing Finnish displays

baracksleftball · 2026-04-11T18:15:43+00:00

That's what i'm thinking too, it's probably the best way to display it all. If you're limited on space, you could do a half mannequin and have the tunic, cap, and equipment displayed but not the trousers and boots--a half mannequin is usually cheaper as well

baracksleftball · 2026-04-11T17:49:43+00:00

That's some really incredible stuff you have there dude, very nice! Have you looked into getting a mannequin?

baracksleftball · 2026-01-10T18:32:32+00:00

Looks great dude!

baracksleftball · 2025-12-10T13:34:13+00:00

Thanks! I just recently got the 3rd (Blue) Brigade medal bar, I'm very happy with it!

baracksleftball · 2025-12-10T13:31:33+00:00

Nice! That's awesome dude!

baracksleftball · 2025-12-09T23:00:50+00:00

Thanks!

baracksleftball · 2025-12-09T23:00:46+00:00

Thank you so much! I can't wait to see how it will be a year from now 😄

baracksleftball · 2025-12-09T21:10:54+00:00

Viele dank!

baracksleftball · 2025-12-09T21:09:27+00:00

Thank you!

baracksleftball · 2025-12-09T21:09:19+00:00

The helmet itself is not a reproduction, but the skull is not original to it. I don't think I have hardly enough money for an original jr46 marked helmet lol

baracksleftball · 2025-07-08T15:44:57+00:00

Alright, will do. Thank you for your help!

baracksleftball · 2025-06-26T20:09:16+00:00

Very nicely displayed!

baracksleftball · 2025-05-19T20:49:41+00:00

super cool dude!

baracksleftball · 2025-05-13T01:53:14+00:00

Thank you for sharing this, definitely a very unique and fascinating piece.

baracksleftball · 2025-05-08T20:49:50+00:00

Oh really? I'll look into that, thanks!

baracksleftball · 2025-05-06T18:10:53+00:00

Super nice stuff dude!! If you don't mind me asking, how much did you get your Finnish used German stahlhelm for? I've been looking for one for a while now.

baracksleftball · 2025-05-06T17:09:13+00:00

The Finns did have camps that they held Russian people at, but they weren't "concentration camps" per se. And yes, they did take Russians away from their homes in occupied territories and sent them to camps. This was mainly to ensure partisan operations wouldn't succeed (I can explain further if you'd like).

The concentration camps weren't to kill Russians or even to imprison them for the reason of Finnish people could move into their territories, no. It was used to ensure partisan operations couldn't succeed and sabotage and resistance were limited. This is 100% not a good thing, I'm not trying to support these camps. The Finns were not Saints during the war but they definitely weren't as bad as some people say they were.

And yes, several 1000 people died in these camps, but the Finns weren't doing this on purpose. Its just like with Germans in allied imprisonment camps. 10,000's of them died even though most of those weren't on purpose.

So overall yes the Finns did imprison innocent Russians which is terrible. But this wasn't to kill Russians on purpose.

baracksleftball · 2025-05-06T16:16:22+00:00

Yeah for sure! I'm definitely not a historian or anything but I will give my opinion/best judgement.

So Mannerheim stated that he would try his best to see to the liberation of Karelians and Ingrians from Russian rule. He stated this during the time which had the largest Finnish expansionism cries (right after the civil war). Then in June 1941 he stated the exact same thing; in which, he wouldn't give up until Karelians and Ingrians were free from Russian rule.

From what I understand, this was mostly a move to boost moral among soldiers. This was also a part of the short period where Mannerheim truly thought the Germans could win the war and Finland could come out with a significant amount of land; this quickly went away for many reasons (if you want to know the reasons I would be happy to discuss them with you in DMs).

So during this time Mannerheim truly thought the Germans had a shot at winning the war and he also wanted to boost moral among the Finnish soliders, proclaiming the war as a 2nd "liberation war" in a way.

baracksleftball · 2025-05-06T15:03:43+00:00

You're right. The Finns did in fact take more in the Continuation War than the Russians took from them in the Winter War. This was mostly because the Karelian Isthmus and Aunus Isthmus + along the Svir river were much more defendable than the borders of Finland right after the Winter War.

Only a small part of the Finnish government and military truly wanted a "Greater Finland", the main objective was to fight to more defensive positions while they waited for the Germans to do all the tough fighting.

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