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==Notable Knights== [[Image:Marskin ritareita!.jpg|thumb|250px|Knights of the Mannerheim Cross, from left to right: Captain {{ill|Eero Kivelä (politician)|fi|Eero Kivelä|lt=Eero Kivelä}}, Major General [[Aaro Pajari]], Captain {{ill|Juho Pössi|fi}}, and Corporal [[Vilho Rättö]]]] [[Image:Memorial stone of Mannerheim cross holder Jaakko Kolppanen.jpg|thumb|200px|Memorial stone of Mannerheim cross holder Jaakko Kolppanen in [[Kannus]], Finland.]] * [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|Carl Gustaf Mannerheim]], Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief – 1st and 2nd Class on 7 October 1941 * [[Erik Heinrichs]], General of Infantry, army commander and Chief of General Staff – 2nd Class on 5 February 1942, 1st Class on 31 December 1944 * [[Martti Aho]], Colonel, infantry regiment commander – 2nd Class on 1 March 1942, again on 16 October 1944 * [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], {{lang|fi|Lentomestari}}, fighter pilot – 2nd Class on 26 April 1942, again on 28 June 1944 * [[Aaro Pajari]], Major-General, infantry division commander – 2nd Class on 14 September 1941, again on 16 October 1944 * [[Hans Wind]], Captain, fighter pilot – 2nd Class on 31 July 1943, again on 28 June 1944 * [[Aksel Airo]], Lieutenant-General, Chief Quartermaster General chief of operations at the GHQ – 18 November 1944 * [[Adolf Ehrnrooth]], Colonel, infantry regiment commander – 4 December 1944 * [[Ruben Lagus]], Colonel, infantry brigade and division commander – 22 July 1941 * [[Vilho Petter Nenonen|Vilho Nenonen]], General of Artillery, Inspector of Artillery – 8 January 1945 * [[Karl Lennart Oesch|Lennart Oesch]], Lieutenant-General, Commander of the Isthmus Forces – 26 June 1944 * [[Erkki Raappana]], Colonel, division commander – 3 August 1941 * [[Hjalmar Siilasvuo]], Lieutenant-General, army corps commander – 21 December 1944 * [[Paavo Talvela]], Major-General, army corps commander – 3 August 1941 * [[Lauri Törni]], Lieutenant, later Captain, infantry company commander – 9 July 1944 * [[Rudolf Walden]], General of Infantry, Minister of Defense – 2 December 1944 * [[Vilho Rättö]], Private, later Staff Sergeant * [[Olavi Alakulppi]], Captain * [[Tuomas Gerdt]], Captain, he was Knight of the Mannerheim Cross number 95 and last living of the 191 knights
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