Memorial to Finnish Jaegers in Klapkalnciems
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Monuments of Finland "Jegers"
Monuments of Finland "Jegers"
Finnish Jaeger machine gunners of the German army in Liepāja, 1916 -1918. Source: Kaspars Špēlis (private collection).
Finnish Jaegers of the German army in Liepāja, 1917, 1918. Source: Kaspars Špēlis (private collection).
Monuments of Finland "Jegers"
Monuments of Finland "Jegers"
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 Slokas-Talsu šoseja, starp Ragaciemu un Klapkalnciemu, Engures pag., Tukuma novads, Latvia
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Tsiganovs, J. Finnish Jaegers in Latvia. Tēvijas sargs, 2018, February. Available: http://doc.mod.gov.lv/lv/ts/2018/2/30/ [accessed 17.02.2021.].

Lismanis, J. In memory of battles and fallen soldiers: 1915-1920. Riga: Nims, 1999.

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