Item description
Ilmavoimien Risti 1941-1945, ILMATORJUNTA solki – Air Force Cross, with ILMATORJUNTA claps
Commemorative Cross of the Finnish Air Force (Suomen ilmavoimat). Version with the dates 1941-1995, for the Continuation war. Nice old manufacturing, with riveted swastika adn dates (later types haven’t dates on the back). Note: an upright swastika was used by Finnsih Air Force since 1918 and has nothing to do with German Nazi movement.
On the ribbon clasp ILMATORJUNTA = Anti-Aircraft
Reference: Tiainen 9.2.5a
Burnished tombac, brass device on rivets. Very good condition, on original old ribbon.
