Finland, Republic. A 1931 Finnish Air Force Picture Frame

A well-preserved 1931 Finnish Air Force trench art-style commemorative picture frame, constructed of multiple pieces of lacquered and hand-carved wood, consisting of a scalloped frame with carved and gilded inscriptions of “MLC” and “1931”, with Finnish Air Force insignia of identical composition at the bottom surrounding a hand-painted roundel consisting of a white and black static swastika, flanked and topped by stylized propellers, with a central carved oval opening and wooden backplate bearing an additional hand-painted swastika, unmarked, measuring 165 mm (w) x 215 mm (h), the backplate was formerly riveted in place but is now loose, in near extremely fine condition; accompanied by a studio portrait of an enlisted soldier which has been custom-fitted to the frame, the reverse with a handwritten dedication in German, dated “22. III. 18”, possibly an individual involved in the German intervention in the Finnish Civil War, measuring 80 mm (w) x 120 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.