Corporal Lauri Leppänen sitting on his StuG (Ps.531-5). He destroyed three T-34's and one KV-1 as gunner of Ps.531-7 at Kuuterselkä on June 15, 1944, and ten days later one more T-34 as gunner of Ps.531-5 at Portinhoikka (Tali-Ihantala). 

Stug gunner

General Hjalmar Siilasvuo distribute medals for the Finnish soldiers 1941-1944


Receiving medals

Lauri Leppänen as officer cadet. He has the Finnish tank destruction badge with two stripes on his sleeve, telling about the five tanks he destroyed in June 1944.