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06-12-2018 09:53 AM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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I'll be interested in seeing this. Unfortunately the images didn't load up.
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Damn thats a old flag i remember reading these some time ago...
Good that these wasn't chosen i kind of like current flag and it fits with other nordic countries...
Hmm... i don't recommend machine washing it in 1500rpm... Thanks for showing really neat and rare!...
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Small confusing correction to text "Jalopeura" means Lion... naming comes from medievals...
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Snakeman68 sad to say but according to this text your flag was unofficial and Russian flag was still offcial...
But still really neat flag...
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Lets just add here "first" official state flag of Finland from 1918-1920 can be found in Jyväskylä University Museum.
Sorcue: Jyväskylä University Museum
Other proposals etc. can be found Wikipedia
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NOT SO FAST... You Have Missed the Point.
More than evident is that this was THE FIRST SANCTIONED FLAG OFFICIALLY USED IN FINLAND. This WAS the first flag authorized for use by the Senate in Finland post independence from Russia. It is a fact that this was the state (although temporary) flag used by Finland. From the Ministry of the Interior....
"Finland declared independence on 6 December 1917. The occasion was celebrated by flying the red and yellow lion flag from the Government Palace the same day, and during the first months of independence, it was also used as the semi-official state flag. The flag had a crimson-red field displaying the lion depicted in the arms of Finland, the golden animal armed in silver and surrounded by rosettes of the same colour. "
History of the flag - Ministry of the Interior
Seems kinda like a significant artifact as we have just passed 100 years of Independence in Finland! Find One. I am currently working to get this one as well as my Pre indepencence flag into the museum system in Finland were it belongs. If you were there in Helsinki on Independence, you would have seen my flag flying over the Government Palace. NOT the one seen in Jyväskylä. That flag was NEVER used during the first days of independence or during the Civil war. Those times were chaotic. This one was flying there as well as over the battle field. This is not just semantics. That blue and white flag you have shown was not adopted until (May 29,1918) 14 days after the conflict was decided and the war was over. After the blood was spilled and people gave their lives for their country on both sides! After the history had already happened!
Last edited by Snakeman68; 09-17-2018 at 08:52 AM.
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