Finland B15-B17

Finland B 15-B17, MNH, $16.50. Michel 184-186. Red Cross-1934. Evert Horn 1585-1615, Swedish soldier, Governor of Narva in 1613, and Field Marshal in 1614. He was killed by a bullet during the early days of the Swedish siege of Pskov. Torsten Stalhandske, 1593-1644, soldier, commander of Finnish cavalry, He became well known during the Thirty Years War. Jakob (Lazy Jake) de la Gardie, 1583-1653. Governor of Swedish Estonia between 1619 and 1622, Governor General of Livonia in 1622, and Lord High Constable in 1620. He introduced reforms based on the then novel Dutch military doctrine into the Swedish army. He commanded the Swedish forces in Russia and against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He also served as one of the five regents jointly ruling Sweden during the minority of Queen Christina.