Greetings from Finland

[Diver6106]

Nice luger... welcome and my heritage traces back to Finland. Finland has used a mix of weapons thru the years to seek independence: Swedish, German, Russian... I have a number of Lugers, a Mossin Nagant and Finnish Type 39 sniper rifle (attached).

But fortunate for me, my relatives emigrated to South Dakota and worked the Homestake gold mine in the late 1800's: Hasti, Niemela, Patakoski, Soini, Karppinen. In fact the Finnish Lutheran Church is still in Lead SD. But I would like to visit Finland one day and see the memorial to one relative. Ahti Johannes Karppinen, who died in service to Finland, falling in the battle of Kolikkoinmäki in Vyborg on April 28, 1918 and buried in Kempele.