Finnish Lotta Svärd member's badge
Every official Lotta Svärd membership pin was issued with a unique sequential serial number stamped on the reverse.
The organization issued roughly 171,000 numbered membership badges before it was dissolved in late November 1944 as a condition of the Moscow Armistice.
This is the 2nd type made of nickel-silver rather than silver, all badges after 1940 were made of nickel-silver like this one.
It's clearly marked on the back with the serial number 122214.
A serial number in the 122,000 range places its issue precisely around late 1940 to early 1941, during the build-up between the Winter War and the start of the Continuation War.
Very good condition!
Designed by artist Erik Vasström in September 1921. It features a blue enameled swastika (the ancient Finnish heraldic symbol of good fortune, unrelated to the Nazi Party) flanked by four heraldic roses.
