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Unit Crest or Coat of Arms?

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#1

Picked this up a couple years ago...had a military feel to it, but also kind of seems similar to the coat of arms of Åland in Finland. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time a European unit used a coat of arms in their unit symbol. Any ideas?

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#2

Of course I could be wrong but it does not look like any other Finish military insignia I have seen before so my guess would be a civilian brooch, indeed with the coat of arms of Aland. BTW referring to the silver hallmark (913H) your insignia was made in Turku, Finland.

#3

The closet coat of arms that isn't exact but similar is the Samara Province of Russia.

 

 

 

 

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#4

Apparently it is the coat of arms of Åland. Matts Simon was a firm in the region and the marks date this to the 1930s

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