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Bäckman, Osvald Rafael

Date of birth:
July 4th, 1911 (Tyrvää/Pirkanmaan maakunta, Finland)
Date of death:
February 12th, 2007 (Helsinki/Uudenmaan maakunta, Finland)
Nationality:
Finnish

Biography

Colonel Osvald Bäckman served as the adjudant of field marshal Mannerheim in the period 1942-1946.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with swords.
Vapaudenristin 1.luokka (VR 1)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with swords and oak leaf.
Vapaudenristin 3.luokka (VR 3)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with swords.
Vapaudenristin 4.luokka (VR 4)

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