MANNERHEIM (Baron Carl Gustav Emil, 1867-1951, Finnish-Swedish, Soldier, Statesman & President from 1944-1946)

Fine Signature on an album leaf with the place and date, 6½” x 5½”, Vichy, 1st June

He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during the period of World War II (1939–1945), and as the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946). He became Finland's only field marshal in 1933 and was appointed honorary Marshal of Finland in 1942.

Item Date:  1926

Stock No:  42985      £175

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