Finland, Republic. An Order the White Rose, Grand Officer's Set. by Tillander, c.1960 Buy Now the base of the box

the base of the box with a grey satin covered foam insert for plush and secure seating of the tumblers

18mm (w) x 54

surrounded by the inscription "STAVBA DRAHY HANDLOVA - HORNIA ŠTUBNA" on the outer ring and "PROVADEJI INZENYRI KRULIS

they began inflicting upon the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns

Finland, Republic. An Order the White Rose, Grand Officer's Set. by Tillander, c.1960 Buy Now the base of the box(Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun Ritarikunta). Instituted January 28th, 1919. Type II. A matching set featuring the neck badge of the order in silver gilt consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enamelled arms and a Lion of Finland wielding a sword in the quadrant, the obverse with a white enamelled rose in a bed of dark blue enamels, marked with hallmark for manufacture by Alexander Tillander of Helsinki between 1946 1973, 813 H (813 Hopea = silver) as well