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Ah! Did you get it? I looked very nice. 👍 /Stefan

Great! Many thanks Johan 👍 Regards, Stefan

Künker has withdrawn a couple of EKs now. They've also made videos to some awards in the higher price range. /Stefan

Hi! According to the book "Finlands frihetskrig år 1918" (Theslöf, Ignatius, Palmén, Soikkeli, Grotenfelt, Nordenstreng), in book 4 on page 193, there were two officers from Norway that took part on the white side in Finland 1918. I believe I've found one - Lieutenant Paul Holmeskog, Nylands Dragoner. I attach a picture from Harald Natvig's book - Holmelund is in the front. But who can the other officer be? Anyone from Norway that know this? There might be a book that can help out, but I don't have it: "Finland 1918 – Den finske borgerkrigen og nordmennene som var vitne til den" (Mårten Jentoft). Regards, Stefan

...but also Stålberg could be OK: Stålberg; arméns rulla 1920: GM tf, Pers LSO 2.kl, R R S:t St O 2. kl, Off Pers de l’Ip, Pers förtj GM I am not that good how the Persian orders might look like. /Stefan

I don't know if this has been solved in a later answer but I also believe that the first mini medal bar might belong to Nyström. I found a notice in https://xn--portrttarkiv-kcb.se/advancedsearch //Stefan

Yes, sorry - I didn't read your text above 100% 🙂 /S

Very nice indeed! 🙂 //Stefan

Here we go... I found him in Mannerheim's Day order (dagorder) numer 60, page 2, §6. "Följande Herrar Officerare, Deckofficerare och manskap tillhörande den tyska krigsflottan belönas för tapperhet och rådighet med: Frihetskorsets I klass: Kontre-Admiral Hartog. ... " He got the first class of the liberty cross and I assume that it was with swords. Regards, Stefan

Really nice to have it in writing 👍 Have you been able to find out more aboue Stuerz? The German archives have done a lot of digitalizing of the regiment's lists. Regards, Stefan

Hello again, Here is my largest mini bar collection for one person - Eric Allan Winge - that took part in the Finnish civil war 1918 and the Winter war. /Stefan

Here is another miniature bar. To a Swede in Finland 1918 and one medal is for the conquest of Helsinki - not Tampere as one would think! That leads us to that the man that got it most certainly served at the Swedish legation in Helsinki. But as JohanH recognize above - the lists doesn't always fit the medal bar 🤬 My list of people that were there in Helsinki 1918 is so far: Karl Sigurd Fredriksson af Ekström Nils Leon Jaenson Henrik Leonard Lagerlöf Knut Karl Folke Malmar ...but their decorations do not fit the one below. Some of the foreign orders can come from the nations that they helped out during 1918 in Helsinki or from a attache career after 1918. So, any more suggestions? Regards, Stefan

Aha, that's great that you got the red cross from a list. Is it from 1918 of WW2? Otherwise I would have had a couple of runner's up for you 🙂 I found this text regarding his wife Emy (since they lived on Lidingö): "Varje hemvärnsområde i landet har en egen fana, den tre tungade med hemvärnsemblemet i toppen. Som en erinran om att vår frihet endast kan bevaras, om alla i sann guds förtröstan möts för att trygga hemorten, brukar man de ponera sin f ana i hemkyrkan så också i Lidingö. Fanan överlämnades i Lidingö kyrkas vård den 26 september 1943 och har sedan dess sin plats intill predikstolen. Vår fana tillkom genom en gåva av dåvarande kårchef en i Lidingö Lottakår, Emy Hildebrand. Den överlämnades till oss av prins Gustaf Adolf vid en hembygdsfest på Bredablicksberget valborgsmässoafton 1941." And another one: "Den 9:e november 1939 var dåvarande rikslottachefen fru Maja Schmidt här ute på Lidingö. Hon klargjorde for oss en lottakårs arbetsuppgifter och hennes ord förklingade inte ohörda. Enhälligt beslöts av de 100 församlade Lidingö- kvinnorna a en lottakår skulle bildas på vår ö. Fru Emy Hildebrand blev kårens initiativrika och handlingskraftiga förste ordförande." //Stefan Yes, I know that feeling 🙂 //Stefan

I found out this about Hildebrand... HILDEBRAND, GUSTAF Yngve. Tandläkare, Lidingö. F. 15 jan. 95 i Jonsered (G. o. B.). Föräldrar: kassör Gustaf Svenson o. Anna Hildebrand. Stud.ex. 13, CTH 14, tandläk.ex. 18, "Doctor of Dental Surgery" 20, försv. akad. avhandl. f. med. dr:s grad 31, div. stud. o. kurser i utl. 17-27. Sjukh, tandläk. Mounds Park Sanat. St. Paul 20, skoltandläk. Kungsholms folksk. Sthlm 22, ass. Tandläk.inst. 21-23, laborator sed. 25. Medl. red.nd f. Sv. tandläk.tidskr. 22-26; sekr. Sv. tandläk.sällsk. 25-26. RNO, RVO (33), FFrK4kl. Ref: Kungliga vasaorden 1944. Hildebrand, Gustaf Yngve, Odont.D., Professor, KNO, RVO, KFinlLO, RFinlVROlkl, RNS:tOO1kl, FFrK4kl, LFS, f. 95. (Lidingö.) (LFS = Ledamot av Fysiografiska sällskapet i Lund) Ref: Ordenskalendern 1958/59 ...so I guess it might still be open for further research? Does the silver medal have any information on the back? Cheers, Stefan

Hi...again - not every day that you can have some hours for yourself 🙂 I have some miniature bars too. Here is one from Nils Kindberg (1892-1984) at the Swedish airforce from the early years. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Kindberg //Stefan