Mikael Willberg Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 Historical Lego re-creation from 1942: Hitler makes a surprise visit to Marshal of Finland 75th birthday. Builder is Ismo Aavaharju and it took two weeks to finish. Mannerheim in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim Mannerheim's 75th birthday, 4 June 1942, was a major occasion. The government granted him the unique title of Marshal of Finland (Suomen Marsalkka in Finnish, Marskalk av Finland in Swedish). So far he has been the only person to receive the title. A surprise visit by Hitler in honour of Mannerheim's birthday was less pleasing to him and caused some embarrassment. Story in finnish: http://yle.fi/alueet/etela-karjala/2011/10/lego-hitler_vierailee_imatralla_2977509.html Gallery: http://yle.fi/alueet/etela-karjala/2011/10/aavaharjun_legotoita_2977670.html Mig Quote
Mikael Willberg Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 English version without link to gallery: http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/10/lego_hitler_visits_eastern_finland_2979256.html Quote
Commander Adama Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! I agree, this is a nice find. In fact, I have that head! I don't think LEGO will release these sets though :D Quote
tazzy007 Posted November 22, 2011 Posted November 22, 2011 Historical Lego re-creation from 1942: Hitler makes a surprise visit to Marshal of Finland 75th birthday. Builder is Ismo Aavaharju and it took two weeks to finish. Mannerheim in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim Mannerheim's 75th birthday, 4 June 1942, was a major occasion. The government granted him the unique title of Marshal of Finland (Suomen Marsalkka in Finnish, Marskalk av Finland in Swedish). So far he has been the only person to receive the title. A surprise visit by Hitler in honour of Mannerheim's birthday was less pleasing to him and caused some embarrassment. Story in finnish: http://yle.fi/alueet/etela-karjala/2011/10/lego-hitler_vierailee_imatralla_2977509.html Gallery: http://yle.fi/alueet/etela-karjala/2011/10/aavaharjun_legotoita_2977670.html Mig Very nice thanks for sharing Quote
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