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artist Tuntematon/Okänd/Unknown
 
sculpture Sotilaan hauta / Grave of the Soldier  
map Maamonlahdenpuisto, Lauttasaari  
year 1855  
images 1  
The memorial is an iron cannon ball with the inscription: "STUPAD VID FÖRSVARET AF DENNA Ö, Å MÖRTNÄS UDDE: DEN 9 AUGUSTI 1855 FRID MED HANS STOFT" (Fell while defending this island, on Särkiniemi August 9, 1855 May he rest in piece). The name of the soldier was Josef Johan Israelinpoika Back.

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