Consecration of the Finnish Jaeger flag at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepaja
The first flag of the Independent Finland was consecrated in 1918 in Liepaja, at the Holy Trinity Church, where the Finnish Jägers took an oath of allegiance to the legitimate government of Independent Finland before going home.
The first flag of the Independent Finnish Army was consecrated on February 13, 1918 in the Holy Trinity Church in Liepaja. Finnish Jaegers swore allegiance to the legitimate government of Independent Finland.
The next night, the main battalion went home. They arrived in Vasa on February 25, 1918.
The Jaeger flag was first raised in Helsinki on May 16, 1918, in a parade to mark the end of the victory in the War of Independence. The flag fluttered in front of the Finnish Jaeger Regiment. The regiment was commanded by the former commander-in-chief of the battalion's main regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Erik Jernström.
At the Finnish Defense Forces parade, the Jaeger flag takes the honorable place immediately after the national flag. Independent Finland remembers its fighters.
https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/jaakareiden-tyo-elaa-puolustusvoimissa
https://jp27.fi/auf-den-spuren-der-jaeger/die-jaegerfahne/?lang=de
Related timeline
Related objects
Memorial plaque to the Finnish Jaegers in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja
A memorial plaque dedicated to the Finnish Jaegers is located in Liepāja Holy Trinity Cathedral, Lielā iela 9.
The Finnish Jägers were a unit of the German Empire, formed by volunteers from Finland, which, under the name of the 27th Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion, took part in the First World War battles on the Eastern Front of Latvia in 1916-1917.
...
Collections of the Apriķi Museum and areas of activity of the Red Partisans
The Apriķi manor house houses the Apriķu Museum, whose exhibits tell about the ancient history of the region. The museum exhibits an exposition about the Finnish military figure Karl Gustav Mannerheim - 175 museum items, the interactive stand "KGMannerheim and Apriķi" (in three languages - Latvian, English and Finnish) with 6 sections - about the Apriķi manor, about KGMannerheim as a commander in the Winter War, as the freedom of Finland the leader of the battles and about his connection with the Aprikais.
...
The Inger Finns memorial site in Põllküla
Approaching from Kersalu, before the Põllküla railway crossing, the forest road goes to the right, along this road, there is a memorial site in a forest clearing about 200 m away.
In the years 1942-1944, more than 63,000 Inger-Finnish war refugees were evacuated from the Soviet Union to Finland. Most of them were temporarily placed in quarantine and refugee camps, which were located in Põllküla, but also in Klooga and Paldiski. The transfer of the evacuees to Finland took place through the port of Paldiski...
Memorial stone to the Finnish Volunteer Regiment "Boys of the North"
Located in Alūksne, Jāņkalna Street 52, near Alūksne Narrow Gauge Railway Station.
On February 23, 2019, to mark the centenary of the Latvian War of Independence, a special memorial was created at the initiative of the Association of Independence Fighting Traditions (Finland) to honor the fallen Finnish volunteers, with a special boulder and information board. The memorial stone to Alūksne was removed from the Salpa line in Finland, which was built in 1940-1944...
Memorial site for Finnish pilots
Located on the edge of the Lilaste-Saulkrasti highway, next to the "Viada" gas station.
The memorial site was established in 2013 at the site of the crash of the Finnish Air Force in 1943. The disaster killed four Finnish army soldiers flying from Germany to Finland. The installation, design and manufacture of the monument was entirely an initiative of the Finnish representatives. It is a tradition of Finnish war pilots to erect memorials at plane crash sites...
Monument in the memory of Finnish jaegers-sappers
Located in Engure district, on the side of the A10 motorway near Smārde pub.
A memorial was erected on the site where the Battle of Smārde took place in the field in 1916 during the First World War. A company of Finnish Jaeger engineers (~ 200 men) took part in the battles as part of the German army. Smell's Day has become an official holiday for the Finnish Army's military engineers, which is still celebrated...
Museum room of the Finnish boys
This museum room is situated in Saadjärve Nature Centre in the small borough of Äksi.
It was opened in 2002 on behalf and with the support of the Finnish Boys Association, Tartu Municipal Government and the Finnish state.
...
