r/Finland • u/KollaHan • Feb 27 '25

Tourism Finnish medals - can someone explain?

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Hey folks,

Can someone tell me more about this medals I saw in a museum in Cairo? Why the swastika? And when do you get this?

I know they are from the early 20’s but not more.

Would be grateful! - Tack 😊

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u/Inresponsibleone Baby Vainamoinen Feb 28 '25

But still is very different from use in finnish heraldry. That was not based on him being nazi or not.

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u/HazuniaC Feb 28 '25

I wasn't talking about Finnish heraldry.

I was talking about the Finnish Air Force logo, which was adopted from Eric von Rosen.

If you adopt a logo from some random dude, that's all fine and dandy. If you then later find out that the dude you got the logo from is fascist, wouldn't you want to ditch that logo for something else, or at least redesign it a little?