Lotta Svärd flag (Finland)

[Marcus Wendel]

The below was originally incorrectly said be a unit flag on the "White" (anti-communist/socialist) side in the 1918 Finnish Civil War, but is a Lotta Svärd (female auxilliaries organisation 1920-1944) flag.

(from http://www.samlarforum.nu/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=13398)

It should be noted that the swastika was not used as a Nazi symbol in Finland, it was originally a Hindi symbol of luck used by the family of the Swedish Count Eric von Rosen who donated the first aircraft, a Thulin D Parasol (a license-built Morane-Saulnier L), to the Finnish (White) Army 6 Mar 1918. The symbol is still used by the Air Force, see for example:

(from http://forum.skalman.nu/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=29686)

/Marcus

[Marcus Wendel]

Here is another example of a Lotta Svärd flag:


(from http://www3.jkl.fi/ksmuseo/haloo/harras ... lotta1.htm)

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