The Head of State also decided to withdraw the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Fifth Class from Risto Mikael Teinonen, who wore it with the symbols of a country that occupied Estonia.
Pursuant to the Decorations Act, the President of the Republic may decide to withdraw a state decoration for the following reasons: if a court judgment comes into force whereby the person is convicted of an intentionally committed criminal offence; circumstances which existed before the bestowal of the decoration become evident, knowledge of which would have caused refusal to bestow a decoration on the person; or later conduct of the person has been so indecent that it would preclude the bestowal of a decoration on him or her.
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