Finland medal [ Civil Guard Cross of Merit]

[tetteke365]

Its Finnish Civil Guard Cross of Merit .
I want to know about the history of this medal.
Who knows it?

[Ardee]

A Google search for the 1st class version Medal’s name in Finnish (Förtjänstmedaljen för befolkningsskyddsarbete av 1. klass) yielded this site (with a Google translation into English):

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/alkup/1940/19400584&prev=/search%3Fq%3DF%25C3%25B6rtj%25C3%25A4nstmedaljen%2Bf%25C3%25B6r%2Bbefolkningsskyddsarbete%2Bav%2B1.%2Bklass%26biw%3D1169%26bih%3D794

[tetteke365]

Hmmm!
Thank you.