Instituted for the participants of the Continuation War against the USSR 1941 -45 and against Germany 1944-45.
Awarded to soldiers of the Finnish Army as well as to members of the Civil Guard (Suojeluskunta) and the women's voluntary auxillery organisation Lotta Svard.
The bar reads 'Lapin Sota' which means Lapland War which was fought against the Germans from September to November 1944.
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