Member of Lotta Svärd putting ID card in her pocket while saying good byes to her relatives before starting her journey towards the eastern border. Helsinki, 20 June 1941. SA-kuva 20035

Good byes

Major Kuistio's battalion at Vaskisavotta "Vaski sector". Position of indirectly firing machine gun at Base V. This one was used to fire to distances of up to 2000 meters. Ohta, 19.3.1942. SA-kuva 78691

Maxim M/32-33 with optical sight

Sunny summer day in Helsinki. Member of Lotta Svärd voluntary auxiliary organization heading to the railway station for her assignment in the east. 25 June 1941. (first day of hostilities) SA-kuva 20506