I am the only person who received military decorations from both sides of the conflict in both the First World War and the Second World War. I was also decorated by Sweden a neutral county. In my time at the Chevalier Guard the guardsmen were entitled to one shot of vodka each day. The shot glass was filled to the brim so that each man would be certain to get the same amount as the others. The glass was to be emptied without spilling. I continued this tradition in his later life. I was also not satisfied with the spirits available in Finland at the time, and therefore always requested that gin and dry French vermouth were to be blended into available aquavit. The resulting beverage is widely known in Finland as "Marskin ryyppy" .On 4 June, 1942 I was given as a birthday present a hunting cottage in Lieksajärvi in the Finnish speaking Soviet Karelia. This was a log building built by the ordinary soldiers defending that area. However, when the war fortune started to change, this building was dismantled, transported to Finland and re-erected in Loppi. It is currently a tourist attraction known as "Marskin maja"
Due to my rheumatism he slept in a very simple collapsible military cot.Of all the military commanders in World War II, I held the highest rank during World War I, having been a full General of Cavalry (Ratsuväenkenraali) at the war's end in 1918.
Due to my rheumatism he slept in a very simple collapsible military cot.Of all the military commanders in World War II, I held the highest rank during World War I, having been a full General of Cavalry (Ratsuväenkenraali) at the war's end in 1918.
