Lotta Svard Uniform
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Lotta Svard Uniform
Lotta Svard Uniform - Ok - much over looked as for Lady's to be part of a unit. input welcome - yes - pictures from the web. Thank You, Jay
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- jmatchlock
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- jmatchlock
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Re: Lotta Svard Uniform
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.
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.
Btw. today it's exactly 70 years ago when The Winter War broke out.
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Re: Lotta Svard Uniform
I just come back from an event at the museum and we had Lottas there