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    kimj

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    1. What is the source for this Christer? I'm guessing some old "Statskalender"? You know that a couple are online here: http://runeberg.org/statskal/ /Kim
    2. The company still exist. But they are not that interested in answering questions. Long time ago I asked them about some other medal and got the answer that all the records were gone. That is probably just a lie to get me of their back - asking "stupid" questions. I have seen Ethiopian insignia marked Sporrong but no other medal... Kim
    3. Jah Jim do you have any info on what other Ethiopian medals/ordes that Sporrong made? The one Ulsterman has posted doesn't look like my sporrong-made Korea medal. Is it marked? /Kim
    4. Three is a von Bredow listed in the Swedish "statskalender" 1919 as a "Riddare av Kungl. Svärdsorden 2:s klass" (roughly knight of the Order of the sword second class). The second class knight was exclusive for foreigners and made of silver, otherwise just like the gold knight's cross. It wasn't a hit (I guess awardees wanted it in gold) and is pretty rare to find today. /Kim
    5. I'm not an Middle East medal specialist. But this is for the Baath "revolution" 8 march 1963 in Syria. I don't know if it's official government issue, but I suspect it's a souvenir type fob. /Kim
    6. It's probably for helping some Swedish citizen or Swedish interest. The order was officially a long service award for Swedish officers, and bravery award in times of war (in our case Napoleonic days). But could be awarded to helpful foreign military personal. If I remember correctly explorer Sven Hedin handed out some orders to Germans when he was touring the eastern front. I'm sure other groups of front-line tourists needed help too. /Kim
    7. No, problem Odulf. I help when I can. Yes, Prince Bernhard got the medal, one of only three Dutch. I don't have the exact date for the royal letter that aproved the medal, but the year is 1956. /Kim
    8. Here it is. Not the best pic of the ribbon but all I have. Do you need help with recipients? I have the list... /Kim
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      Unknown order/medal

      Sold for 36 000SEK.
    10. Here is another Swedish group, without Swedish awards... It was sold in smaller lots with medals and ribbon bars separated. I got most of the stuff but missed out on a Swordmedal (a long service medal for lower ranks). So this is a Swede that was in Korea and later in Gaza with UNEF. The UN medal was lost at some time but its box is still keeping the other stuff together. /Kim
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      Unknown order/medal

      It's easier to find Chinese people in Sweden than Chinese awards. Statistics say about 20 000 chinese in Sweden. Chinese awards I have seen I can count on one hand... /Kim
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      Unknown order/medal

      Once again big thank you Cussonneau! /Kim
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      Unknown order/medal

      Thanks for the input gentlemen. Sorry, but this is the only pic I have. It's from an auction house catalog and also listed as unknown, possibly Chinese. /Kim
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      Unknown order/medal

      I could be posting this in the wrong part of the forum.. But anyway here it is. Can somebody Id this award? The pic is poor as it's from a crappy quality .pdf. Thanks for your time! /Kim
    15. Thank you for the information Veteran. Medal collecting is a strange business. Many rare Swedish medals are also not appreciated enough. One medal I have done some research on, no books written on the subject, have less than 40 examples awarded. This medal was like the Mount Everest in collecting for me. I never thought I would find one. But one day it showed up on-line..... for 30 euro. Now to find the K2 in collecting.... Very interesting info Cussonneau. Maybe the other medals were given out to be awarded by Swedish hands to those who was considered worthy? Those listed were already at the court so finding them was easy. When I have worked on Swedish award lists I have often noticed the Legion of honour and other French awards. When I checked the lists with foreigners awarded order of the Sword the French are often found. Trading awards was the order of the day. /Kim
    16. No problem Odulf. I'm also late in thanking Cussonneau for the color pic of the medal and other info. Thanks a lot! Is this medal hard to find? /Kim
    17. I could translate all the text... But further research showed that it's all ready done. I guess the international interest in the question made this happen. Missed that when I first looked for the subject. http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/18/19/317efa73.pdf /Kim
    18. Yes, this was big news in 1997.... Here's a link to what the government's investigation concluded in 1999: http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/18/18/950400da.pdf Sorry, only in Swedish. /Kim
    19. No problem! There used to be very good Russian site specialized on these. But now it seems to have vanished, the guy called himself sniperRKKA. /Kim
    20. Here's the ancient thread about these badges. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1720&hl=sniper rkka&st=0 /Kim
    21. Thank you both for your efforts. I think I have a suspect now. The man in the photo is possibly Johan Adolf Fridolf Lindqvist, fanjunkare (sergeant major) in 1940. Holder of a French silver medal. He was made NCO in 1908. This means he could have been present at both official French state visits in 1908 and 1914. The negative part is that I can't find that he was awarded the Finnish white rose medal... Trying to ID him from records of those involved in state visits would be hard. If the records were kept I doubt they would be easy to find. Medal and uniform combinations are a much easier way to find. Do you have any NCO info Jonas? /Kim
    22. I'm afraid both are no good. There are some excellent copies of these badges around so it can be hard to tell what is good and what is bad. Your badges are from one of the first generations of fakes, at least that is what I think. Notice the colour of the reverse, almost brown, this is one of the give-aways. Another thing is the screw post(is that the correct word?) one has a fatter end attached to the badge. Common in this type of fakes. The other screw post is too thin and copper? I've never seen a real one with this type. Usually this type of fakes are more flat than the real deal. The pontoneer badge almost looks identical to one of my first badges. I got that one in St Petersburg on a trip. Later I found out that is was bad... /Kim
    23. Jonas and Veteran thank you for your input. Every piece makes the puzzle one step closer to be complete. I just wish it could be easier to find him.... /Kim
    24. Thank you for your reply Ulsterman. I think that the pic is taken sometime at the break 1910/1920, but no proof of that. When I croped the pic to show the medals better I lost some of the shoulderboard insignia. At the lower end there are three crowns, symbols that place him at Kungl Livregementets dragoner, K2. Jonas, it's not much of a story. I got this pic from Tradera because I liked the medals. But I always try to put a name on the Swedish officers in my photo collection, when it's possible. There is an autograph that I think says "T.G. Lundquist". But if that is correct... who knows. Trevlig midsommar! /Kim
    25. Your man is Carl Magnus Victor Rehbinder, born 1844. Here he is later in life with an Belgian Leopold order. The text says that he took part in a French campaign to Aurés in 1879. That is a area in Algeria, at least that is what wikipedia told me.. /Kim
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