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Auction 161  15 Oct 2022
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Lot 602

Starting price: 4000 EUR
Price realized: 250 EUR
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Personal group: Onni Nisonen (1898-1968). Onni Akseli Nisonen (b. Oct 9, 1898 in Mikkeli, d. June 13, 1968) participated in the Finnish War of Independence and lost his left eye during the battle of Kavantsaari. After the war he made an important career in business, among other as CEO of Polttoaine Osuuskunta, a Finnish coal and oil import company. He was one of the founding members of the Finnish Liberation War Invalids' Association The group of items now to be sold consists of the following parts: 1) Order bar (7 badges): Liberty Cross 3rd class 1941 with Red Cross, Order of the White Rose 1st class knight's cross, Liberty Medal 1st class 1918 (Silver 813H), Liberation War 1918 medal with clasp, Winter War 1939-40 medal, The Rautu Cross, Venäjänsaari medal. 2) Miniature chain. 3) Carelian Front badge. № 405. By J.A.Tarkiainen, Vyborg 1933. + miniature (also silver). 4) Golden merit badge of Liberation war Disabled Veterans, 2 pcs (gold .585, total weight 5.88 g) By Oskar Lindroos, Helsinki 1938. Tiainen 10.1.1b. 5) Badge of the Disabled Veterans of the Independense War, 3 pcs (№ 4, 138, 1207). + 1 miniature. 6) VSÜ - Estonian Disabled Soldier´s Union badge, 2 pcs (Kivinuk 10061). 7) NSKOV - German Disabled Soldier´s Union badge, 2 pcs (one gold .750) 8) 2 parade badges from 1930's 9) Book "Vapaussotamuistelmani 1918" (My memoirs of the Independence War 1918) written by Onni Nisonen. Several machine written pages where Nisonen describes the war and how he got wounded, some photos and a hand drawn map of Kavantsaari. 10) Group of 3 personal silver items: cigarette box, letter opener and plaquette. 11) Group of 10 miscellaneous badges, some have belonged to other family members. . 1+-01, 01 (VF-EF,EF). Finland
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