@petite_michelle The Tallinn “lesser arms” stem from the seal of the Great Guild, whose patron saint was St, George.
Tallinn shares these arms (white cross on red) with other
European venerating St. George Püha Jüri.
The Danebrog myth was created centuries afterwards.
Elagu Eesti!
@errnews Wikipedia: „Estonia's Baltic German minority provided a sizable troop of volunteer militia for the Battalion, which was one of the first fighting units of the Estonian Army, and maintained staunch loyalty to the authority of the Republic.“
@errnews The „Esthlanders“, the „Baltic Germans“ of Estonia were among the very first who volunteered to fight for the young republic.
Without the „Balti Pataljon“ things would have gone awry within the first weeks of the war.
In 1920 a „national myth“ was needed, 2026 might be wiser.
@FalkTG Klingt auf Anhieb vermutlich irre. Aber als Idee womöglich ein Lancieren wert. Weitreichende Waffen, und die Entscheidung liegt in Warschau und Berlin.
Johnson: For Ukraine, surrendering their land will be a nightmare.
And that nightmare is made worse by the almost unbelievable suggestion that the US would recognize land Russia has stolen as Russian — the first time Washington would've done any such thing since World War II. 5/
@iLepikVonWiren The Baltic Governorates, today’s Estonia and Latvia, having served as the “laboratory” to adapt, post 1710. But they tried to thrash that from the 1850ies onwards.
@GrafKorina Täglich tausend Tote in vom Kreml gelieferter Uniform - ist das nicht in etwa der Regelfall? Dann steht die Frage im Raum, ob die Kontraktsoldaten nicht doch an die Front müssen.