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Originally Posted by Faith
Metsäpirtti apparentely designates a small municipality on Lake Ladoga. I assume this canteen was built in this area.
How many wartime canteens were given names?
Edit: typed Lagoda, fixed now
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Yes, Metsäpirtti was a Finnish municipality pre-Winter War at the mouth of river Taipaleenjoki on the west coast of Lake Ladoga. The Taipale sector for example was at Metsäpirtti.
This canteen is not at Metsäpirtti but somewhere in the Rukajärvi (modern Rugozero) area in northern Finland.
Naming canteens seems to have been very common.