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Finland acquired many M91s when it declared independence from Russia, as well as during the 1920s and 1930s from other countries which had received them from Russia during WWI either through aid, purchase, or capture.  Among these were U. S. made rifles from Remington and New England Westinghouse.  While it is not unusual to find Finnish marks or features on U. S. M91s, it is less common to find them with Civil Guard marks as opposed to Finnish Army marks.  This example is in typical Finnish condition with few matching parts from rebuilding and repairs over the years.

The bolt is "force matched" which is typical of Finnish Mosins.  The barrel has the "=S=" Civil Guard acceptance mark as well as a Civil Guard district number for Länsi-Pohja.  The number has been lined out, most likely when the rifle was transferred to the Finnish Army at the end of the Continuation War.

The floorplate is of post 1937 Soviet vintage as evident by the Cyrillic prefix to the serial number.  The stock bears a "Deutsches Reich" German WWI era property mark, but it is unlikely that this rifle was in the stock at that time.