kimj

Here's the ancient thread about these badges.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1720&hl=sniper rkka&st=0

/Kim

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you Jeff! Maybe I'll get closer to who this guy is with this info. Unfortunatly the Swedish military lists only cover orders, not medals. But time will tell.

Nice pic Odulf! I think an ID of this officer shouldn't be impossible. But I'll get back when I'm a 100%.

/Kim

I recently got this pic of a Swedish officer. The awards are a Swedish shooting badge and to the far right the Finnish medal of the White Rose. But in the middle there's an unknown (at least to me) medal. From the look of it I'm guessing that it's French. Does anyone recognize it?

/Kim

No problem, happy to help.

/Kim

Hi

Nr. 2 is Belotti's Swedish neck order for the grade "kommendör av 2:a klass", commander 2nd class. He was awarded in 1921.

The medal doesn't look like any Swedish medal I have ever seen. Also Sweden has not had a queen since the 1600s, but that will change. So I doubt it's Swedish.

/Kim

A nice bar Michael! Do you think you'll find the Thai awards to complete it?

Must be easier to find a nice pic of him wearing his bar than some odd Swede...

/Kim

you're welcome Avsar.

/Kim

Leonid Ivanovich Lizunov, 18 august 1945.

/Kim

*edit*

Found him here: http://ilpilot.narod.ru/man/hsu/l/lizunov.html

Hi Demir

Here's a pic of the back. As you can see it's the English version. The Swedes in Korea got the English version of the UN medal. There never was a special UN medal for the Swedes in Korea or even national Korea medal for that matter, like the Danish Jutlandia or Norwegian Korea medal.

Do you have anything from the hard fighting Turkish force in Korea?

/Kim

I got a reply from the Red Cross archive today. Not what we hoped for. No pics of his medal bar, but one of the man himself. To the left dr Philipson to the right... I don't know. Maybe she's the president of his fan club.

/Kim

It was just a single. I don't think the seller had any other medals for sale. Gold medals have bad habit of wander from groups... From the faded ribbon I guess he had his big medals mounted on the wall. For use at social events he had his minis.

I can't see any other candidates for your bar. I hope the archive will give something more. If they don't reply in resonable time I'll ask again. Asking is free of charge.

/Kim

When I was going over my info on Swedish city medals (a never ending project for me) I disovered something interesting... The pic of Gothenburg's medal, found on an auction site, is probably the original for your mini Michael. I've had that pic for a looooong time but never made the connection. Anyway, it's out there somewhere and made of gold. So it's a treasure to look for.

I've had no reply from the archive. But they can be slow and there's still hope for more info.

Did you get the book? Anything good?

/Kim

Uniforms aren't really my thing. But I'm lucky enough to have a couple of references. The button is for "intendenturkåren" (quartermaster corps).

The numbers are for the shoulderboard slip-on. They should be attached after Fo, which means "försvarsområde" (defence district". Either 46 (Vaxholm Fo) or 64 (Luleå Fo).

Lucky you to be in Riga! I like that city but only been there a couple of times.

/Kim

Michael

Here's an update on what is new:

According to one of my collecting colleagues at skalman.nu Philipson became commander of Vasaorden in 1965. That would explain the missing RVO. You don't wear your RVO when you are a KVO.

I'm in the process in mailing the archives. But I doubt much will come from them. They want money for everything they do and prices are... Too bad you picked up a west coast medal bar. Gothenburg is too far away for me to dig in the archives. Stockholm on the other hand is almost next door. Think of that for next time.

Do you have his book about the Red cross experience? I saw that he also wrote a couple of children's books.

/Kim

Micheal

The Swedish "statskalender" stoped listing orders in 1955. After that all orders were listed in the "ordenskalender". The foreign orders, no foreign medals are listed, are only listed if "utrikesdepartementet" (state department) had records of it. They kept good records, but not 100% complete ones. So the information must be taken with a pinch of salt.

I'll try your bar at the Swedish forum. I think chances are a bit better getting answers. If you'd like I can always unleash an "email storm" on the Red Cross in Gothenburg. They are bound to have more info. Perhaps even a photo of the good doctor wearing the bar...

/Kim

It's the small medal for the Royal Patriotic Society, awarded mostly for long faithfull service. In Sweden these go for about 250sek, 32usd. The ones with Oscar II are more popular than later kings.

See also:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17446&st=0&p=169267&hl=patriotiska&fromsearch=1&#entry169267

/Kim

But does she have to "open" the auction at all? I have won stuff on German eBay that was only for sale inside Germany itself. If the seller agrees to ship it to Sweden it shouldn't be a problem, whatever the auction text says.

/Kim

According to my wife, she's Iraqi (Kurdish), it's for house ownership in Baghdad. She doesn't want to guess on the name as the scan is just too poor, but it's there. Hope you can use the information.

/Kim

Stefan, welcome to the forum. I emailed you in October about the subject and thought it would be worth a shot posting here. Award collectors are usualy very knowledgeable when it comes to awards and their history but seem to draw a blank in this case.

Good luck with your quest.

/Kim

It would be a shame if this thread died. There are plenty more different nations that were in Korea that we haven't seen here... yet.

I can't post much as Swedish Korean war stuff is scarce but here is a set I got recently. It's anonymous for the time being, but I hope I can change that. If I had to guess who it belonged to I would say a doctor at the hospital at Pusan. Time will tell if I'm right.

/Kim