Medal - Minne av 1940-talets hjälp till Finland Ståls penning

Medal - Minne av 1940-talets hjälp till Finland (Ståls penning) - obverseMedal - Minne av 1940-talets hjälp till Finland (Ståls penning) - reverse

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Features

Location Sweden
Issuing entity Relief Committee for Finland's Children
King Gustaf V (1907-1950)
Type Promotional items › Campaign token
Years 1945-1947
Composition Copper
Weight 10.9 g
Diameter 26.9 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
19249

Commemorative issue

Charity medal by the Relief Comittee for Finland's Children, as a way of financing aid to Finland

Obverse

Image of young child holding a branch, with designer's initials (WA) in a rectangle below.

Script: Latin

Lettering: WA

Unabridged legend: Wäinö Aaltonen

Designer: Wäinö Aaltonen

Reverse

Legend follows outer perimeter. Text also stacked in center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MER ÄN LEVA FANN JAG VAR ATT ÄLSKA ★
MINNE AV
1940-TALETS
HJÄLP TILL
FINLAND

Translation:
More than living i found loving

(In) memory of the 1940's aid towards Finland

Designer: Wäinö Aaltonen

Edge

Plain

Medal - Minne av 1940-talets hjälp till Finland (Ståls penning) -  obverse

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Comments

It is often called “Ståls penning”, which comes form a line in the poem De två dragonerna by Finland-Swedish author Johan Ludvig Runeberg, which reads “Giv åt Stål en penning även”.

 

The text “MER ÄN LEVA FANN JAG VAR ATT ÄLSKA” comes from the poem Molnets broder by the same author.

 

The medal was sold by county organizations of the swedish "Hjälpkommittén för Finlands barn" (Relief Committee for Finland's Children) between 1945-1947. When the Continuation War broke out in Finland in 1941 the organization stated evacuating finnish children to Sweden. After the war Sweden helped Finland by providing aid, and the money made from these medals went to that aid.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1945-1947)  150 000

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