
Caption | Finnish President Kyösti Kallio decorating Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1940 ww2dbase | ||||
Photographer | Anni Voipio | ||||
Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | ||||
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Photo Size | 543 x 656 pixels | ||||
Photos on Same Day | 16 May 1940 | ||||
Photos at Same Place | Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland | ||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
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26 May 2014 01:42:44 PM
Mannerheim is decorated with the medal wiht the rosette ribbon of the order of liberty. This medal is ment for a Person that had alrteady recieved all possible crosses of liberty has been awarded only once.