The Defense Ministry will on Tuesday present the symbol of support for veterans of the defense forces and the volunteer corps Kaitseliit (Defense League) chosen from among 31 designs submitted in the contest announced earlier this year.
Liverwort flower chosen for symbol of support for veterans
23rd April 2013, 16:41
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A jury made up of veterans and experts picked designer Heino Prunsvelt's entry "Liverwort" as the winning design. "The jury agreed that out of the solutions offered the liverwort flower is the most multi-layered and has the most generalization power as a symbol of support for veterans," said jewelry designer Tanel Veenre who chaired the jury.
Besides being worn as a badge, the symbol offers other opportunities to honor veterans, Veenre added.
Prunsvelt said the idea of liverwort flower as the symbol of support grew out of the defense forces cap badge he designed in 1992. "Liverwort flower makes an excellent symbol of support, being one of the few flowers that is in bloom in the wild on the Veterans Day, furthermore, every Estonian knows that flower," he observed.
The badges will be given out at the Veterans Rock concert beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Vabaduse (Freedom) Square in Tallinn in return for a two euro donation for wounded veterans and their families.