PeterHieronymus

Hello Mike, I believe that the three orders you have shown on this forum belonged to my great uncle, Civil Engineer Joergen Saxild. Joergen Saxild (6.6.1891 - 21.3.1975) was one of the three founders of Kampsax A/S, which, following great success building railways in Turkey, won the contract in 1933 to complete the 1000 km trans-Iranian railway link between Bendar Schah and Bendar Schapur on the Caspian Sea. The project was successfully completed in 1938 ahead of schedule. Joergen Saxild was awarded the Ridder of Dannebrog in 1931, followed by Dannebrogsmaendenes Haederstegn in 1937. I believe that he received the Persian Order of the Lion and Sun (Commander class) from the Shah of Persia following the successful completion of the above railway project - the family have photos of him together with the Shah of Persia. These are the three orders shown in your photo. Joergen Saxild later received three further orders of the Dannebrog - Commander (1952), Commander 1st Class (1961) and Grand Cross (1969). Joergen Saxild was the younger brother of my father's mother, Fru Agnete Laub (born Saxild). You can find further information about Joergen Saxild in Gyldendal's Den Store Danske Biografisk Leksikon, Krak's Blaa Bog and in his memoir - 'En Dansk ingenioer's erindringer' published in 1971. I am myself a member of Ordenshistorisk Selskab in Denmark, the British Orders and Medals Research Society and the Victoria Cross Society. I would have liked to have owned this collection of some of my great uncle's orders, but you were there when they were offered for sale! I hope this information is of interest to you.