Picture 1 shows a 'all together find' from a battlefield near Berlin.First a 'Battle of Salla' badge,then two 'Eismeer-Marschabzeichen' from the 3rd German Mountain Division.But the lower one I think 'Alakurtti' was a special part of front.
Picture 2 shows a badge I have got by a friend of mine.I think it's the troop-badge of finnish volunteers in the III.(finn.)/SS "Nordland" Division,isn't it
All badges have screw-discs backside;marked "HOPEATAKOMO O.Y."
Great finds, i cannot help you with I.D them, but these finds are beautiful. :P
Det vi vet er så uendelig lite mot det som har hendt. Arkeologen er som den som går langs en strand og finner småtterier, skyllet i land fra et forsvunnet skib. Men selve skibet som gikk i dypet med menneskene får han aldri se.
Alakurtti (Russian: Алакуртти; Finnish: Alakurtti) is a town of 6,671 inhabitants (2002), situated on Kola Peninsula in Murmansk oblast, Northwest Russia. Alakurtti administered by Kandalaksja. The town was until 1940 part of Finnish Lapland Province.
History
30 November 1939 Alakurtti was burned down by Finnish troops, and in March 1940 included the city in the Soviet republic Karelo-Finnish SSR. In June 1941 the city was taken by German and Finnish troops and 14 September 1944 again by Soviet troops.
Thank you for this very interesting answer!
I dug the four badges on a battlefield near Berlin,some years ago.They were in a small camera-film box together with a silver plated ring.All findings of that area belonged to german mountain troops. (North-Front Cross,'Edelweiss' for a cap,finnish 'Puuko' knives and others...)
The finnish SS-badge is a flea-market find,but of same manufacters character as the others.
Seems like a Finn who joined the Waffen SS, and fought with the Gebirgsdivision Nord. And maybe later was transfered to the Nordland Division or Wiking.
Upper four badges is not exactly military badges. They are something like souvenir badges. Cant use them with uniform. Finnish made. These are about 70-100 euros each these days.
This second badge is wiking or nordland division padge.
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I think 'Alakurtti' was a special part of front. 
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