Finnish military leader and statesman Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim became knight of the Order of the Elephant on February 18, 1919. After his death in 1951 insignia of the order was returned to the Ordenskapellet (Order Chapter). In 1964, the Mannerheim Museum was granted permission by King of Denmark Frederick IX to exhibit a travel copy of the Order, originally made for the King Frederick VIII.
King Frederick VIII’s Travel Copy of the Order of the Elephant used as copy of Mannerheim's Order of the Elephant
On display in Mannerheim Museum.
