Lotta Svard Uniform

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Lotta Svard Uniform

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Lotta Svard Uniform - Ok - much over looked as for Lady's to be part of a unit. ImageImageImageinput welcome - yes - pictures from the web. Thank You, Jay
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Great find. Milpro also makes Lotta-uniforms (allthough, quite salty price). Lotta Svärd is very popular topic here in Finland when it comes to war-view through civilian eyes. There is also made few good films based on Lotta Svärd during the wars (Winter war & Continuation war).

"Lupaus" (2005). The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.

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And the film "Rukajärven tie" or "Ambush" (1999).
It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions. When the platoon rests in a newly conquered village Lt. Perkola meets his fiancee Kaarina Vainikainen, who is serving in the Women's Auxilary Corps (Lotta). The platoon continues with the mission, but after some time a terrible message reaches Lt. Perkola. The message causes Perkola to become totally indifferent to his and his platoon's safety during the remainder of the mission.

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Btw. today it's exactly 70 years ago when The Winter War broke out. ;)
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I just come back from an event at the museum and we had Lottas there
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