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02-03-2021, 10:59 PM
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I am always surprised when I find a new signature of an Olympian who was killed in war. I have run across a fair number of them. There are also more than a few I doubt I well ever see. This one was a pickup in early January.
Martti Uosikkinen competed in gymnastics for Finland at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics. He won bronze medals in the team competition in 1932 and 1936. He was killed in the Battle of Kollaa on March 9, 1940, 4 days before the end of the Finnish-Soviet Winter War. Uosikkinen.JPG It is a photo about 3½ x 5. The inscription is Finlande, Kuopio his home town. I found it in Egypt of all places. I watched it for a few weeks hoping they would drop the price. They never did so I grabbed it. A friend in Switzerland who is a very advanced Olympic collector commented that he would have expected to find wrestlers or weightlifters as they were national sports heroes in Egypt back then, but a Finnish gymnast? Who knows what else you will find out there in the world.
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02-04-2021, 07:28 AM
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This is one of my favorite pieces I have had the pleasure of owning. Everybody knows Christy Mathewson was exposed to mustard gas while stationed in France in WW1 which eventually took his life. This is one of Mathewson's Official Military Orders that essentially served as Matty's ticket home from the war. This letter informs Mathewson that his services are no longer required in France and that he will be returned to the United States.
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02-05-2021, 06:54 AM
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I wonder if there are any Joe Turner's signatures out there? Turner replace an
injured Johnny Mowers in goal for the Detroit Red Wings in 1942. He joined the Army and was killed in a battle in the Hurtgen Forest in Germany on Dec. 13,1944.
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