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Miniature circular white metal medal with loop and ring for ribbon suspension; the face with the half-length figure of Vihtori Kosola, his right arm raised, fist clenched, circumscribed ‘VALA ISÄNMAALE EDEN FÖR FOSTERLANDET’ (Oath for the Fatherland in Finnish and Swedish); the reverse with the emblem of the Lapua Movement centrally, dated ‘7/7 1930’ above, circumscribed ‘TALONPOIKAISMARSSI BONDETTÄGET +’ (Peasants’ March in Finnish and Swedish); diameter 16.06mm (0.63 inch); age-toned; on original ribbon.
The Medal was created by the right-wing Lapua Movement to commemorate the ‘Peasants’ March’ held on 7 July 1930. Some twelve thousand people gathered at Lapua and travelled to Helsinki where they were received in Senate Square by President Relander, Prime Minister Svinhufvud and General Mannerheim and were addressed by the Lapua Movement leader Vihtori Kosola.
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