Tuomas Gerdt, Finnish soldier (died 2020)

Tuomas Gerdt

Finnish soldier (1922–2020)

Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt was a Finnish soldier and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95. He was born in Heinävesi. Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry regiment 7, was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on 8 September 1942. At that time he held the rank of…