JohanH

I looked up a few more of your guys in the Swedish award-rolls. Großadmiral Karl Dönitz: -Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (12 April 1930) Admiral Kurt Fricke: -Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (12 April 1930) Admiral Max Bastian: -Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of Vasa – (4 April 1924) Admiral z.V. Wilhelm Prentzel: -Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword – (13 July 1909) Vizeadmiral Albrecht Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen: -Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (6 August 1908) Char. Vizeadmiral Hans Kolbe: -Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of Vasa (3 August 1905) Vizeadmiral Leopold Bürkner: -Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (30 April 1936) Konteradmiral Hans Küsel: -Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of Vasa – (2 July 1890)

Yes, the correct name is Commander 1st class and just Commander. I call it 2nd class to separate them a little more. The difference is the breast star as you say. About this I don't know. Antti Matikkala was probably the worlds most knowledgeable person when it comes to orders from Finland. Unfortunately ha passed away a few years ago. Me personally would go after the date Matikkala gives as he was a renowned researcher of Finnish orders and therefor presumably had access to everything. At least until the other source can show the document he is referring to or if you contact the Ritarikunnat and ask if they can give you the award date for Schmundt. Since they have the original documents their date should reveal the true date. But this is only my personal opinion.

He received it with swords. Only 19 commander 2nd class with swords were awarded. Very nice document!

I found Ernst Lucht. He seem to have received the commander 2nd class of the White rose on 11 August 1942. You can always try to contact the Finnish chancellery and ask for verification of the dates. Sometimes they are helpful and sometimes not so helpful. Contacts - Ritarikunnat The Chancery of the Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland also have the Liberty Crosses.

When I check the scrolls it states that Uggla got the North star order on May 19th.

The dates I give of the Swedish orders are from the original award-scrolls. What I meant was if it would be possible to make some note that Great Dane have checked these and I have checked these. So one wouldn't have to scroll through all the replies to find if there are any named that are not checked yet, But I made an own word document where I can do it. So no worries. As you can see on the below extract from a document for North Star, the dates differ. The documents states that the king has decided on May 19th 1939 to give commander North star.... And then it's signed on August 23 1939. Maybe it's the same thing with your admirals.

I have cross checked your dates of Finnish awards to to the people below against the list in the book "Kunnian ruletti" by Antti Matikkala and there was only two differences: Großadmiral Erich Raeder: -Grand Cross of the Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty with Swords (25 March 1942) Großadmiral Karl Dönitz: -Grand Cross of the Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty with Swords (11 April 1944) Generaladmiral Rolf Carls: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Star and Swords (25 March 1942) Admiral Conrad Patzig: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords (25 March 1942) Admiral Hubert Schmundt: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (4 June 1942) The date in Matikkalas book is June 4th 1942. Admiral Kurt Fricke: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords (25 March 1942) Admiral Theodor Burchardi: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (7 June 1943) Admiral Wilhelm Canaris: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Star and Swords (16 September 1941) Vizeadmiral Heinz Nordmann: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (15 April 1944) Vizeadmiral Leopold Bürkner: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (10 December 1941) Konteradmiral Ernst Lucht: -Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland with Swords (11 August 1942) How certain are you that Lucht received the order with swords? He is not in the very short list of recipients. Konteradmiral Hans Bütow: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (12 October 1941) Konteradmiral Kurt Böhmer: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (10 October 1942) Konteradmiral Otto Klüber: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (21 May 1942) Konteradmiral Reimar von Bonin: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (31 January 1942) Konteradmiral Werner Stichling: -Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (15 April 1944)

Here are some dates from the scrolls: Großadmiral Erich Raeder: -Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword - 18 October 1940 Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind: -Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword - 26 June 1936 Konteradmiral Werner Steffan: -Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword - 30 October 1936 Konteradmiral z.V. Heinrich Kehrhahn: -Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword - 6 August 1908 Vizeadmiral Joachim Lietzmann: -Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of Vasa - 1 November 1935 As you can see my dates differ from yours date. Maybe it can be explained with my dates being the date of decision and yours are the date of the conferral? Or if your date is the date of reception. Would it be possible to make some kind of note in your list on which dates are checked?

Here are the pics. It worked to copy the address and paste in a new window.

The lion also looks alot like the one of "Veterans guard of Canada" in my opinion.

Thank you both for you information! On the little information label on the framed group you show it states that only six nurses served in Korea. I don't know where that information comes from but there was a lot more than just six female nurses. Also the Korea medal seem to be of a different design than my medal. Below is a clip from a Swedish newspaper about the first men and women who was going to Korea. Just for information there is currently a uniform for sale that probably belonged to a Swedish nurse in Korea. The auction-house states that it is from the Finnish winterwar but if you ask me that patches and uniform style is more Korea-war than winter war. The auction-house probably made their assumption on the fact that the ribbonbar contains medals from Finland and the winterwar. RÖDA KORSET UNIFORM , dam, från Finska vinterkriget 1939-1940. Vapen & Militaria - Uniformer & Dräkter - Auctionet

A little update. I have received an answer from the National archives in Romania that they can't help me. No records of medal recipients exists. The good news is that I have finished the list of recipients of the Stockholm medal. Between the institution 1938 and 2009 there was a total of 9349 medals awarded.... Next step is to complete the list of North Star recipients and then cross reference both lists to find possible matches.

I admit that my knowledge in Korean medals are close to non existing. That is the reason I asked the knowledgeable people here in the forum. You are correct that the Swedish involvement in Korea was mainly the hospital. The only ribbons that are on the ribbonbar is: 1. Order of the Sword (or medal of the Sword) 2. Service medal (probably Nit och Redlighet i Rikets tjänst) 3. Korea Service medal So there are no UN medal and no red cross medal. Could it have belonged to a Swede serving in the NNSC? The picture of the medal I posted is mine and depicts the medal I have.

Hello! I have a Korean service medal awarded to a Swedish citizen (unfortunately no name). I also have a ribbon bar with the ribbon of the Swedish order of the Sword and this medal, that's how I know it's awarded to a Swede. Does anyone know how many of these medals are awarded? Did soldiers from all countries except US receive the medal for service in Korea? Any idea on how I can find the name of my guy? There can not be that many swedes who received this medal? Google don't relieve much information. More or less the only information I found is this: Korea's Service Medal (koreanmedals.com) Thanks! //Johan

There was a total of 28 Belgians that received the Commander 2nd class of the Swedish order of Vasa between 1940 and 1969. I have sent you an email so you can begin your research.

Thanks. I'll try to compile a list of Belgian recipients of the commander 2nd class to narrow down your search a little.

Hello! Nice miniatures! What color are the wings on the rosette on the Vasa order? Gold - gold/silver - silver? From the picture it looks like silver wings which would mean a commander 2nd class.

Nice work ID:ing the chain! Karl Theodor von Kinzelbach received the Commander 2nd class of the Swedish order of the Sword on December 22nd 1909. Then he was listed as "Tysk överste" = German colonel. Interesting that the miniature on the chain is of the knight class rather than the higher commander class. But the knight class miniature was probably easier to obtain than the higher classes.

Here are my only spanish miniatures. First a military merit cross from the miniature chain of the Swedish chamberlain Gregor Aminoff (1872-1934). Next is a Order of Charles III from the miniature bar of the Swedish chamberlain Georg Aminoff (1895-1977). Georg Aminoff was the son of Gregor Aminoff. Sorry for the bad pictures. The full chain and bar can be seen here: Show your Sweden miniatures - Northern European & Baltic States - Gentleman's Military Interest Club (gmic.co.uk)

Interesting that they are from Italy! Especially since few Italians received the grand cross of the Order of the Sword. Since 1900 only 19 grand crosses went to Italy. There was a few more Commander 1st class, 31 since year 1900. So the market for miniatures of that order in Italy would be pretty narrow.

Hello! I can't help you to ID the medal, but it's most likely from the coastal artillery (Kustartilleriet). As you say, probably a non-official society.

Interesting point! The Thies piece is hallmarked to Tillander which was the official producer. Perhaps the one sold in 2020 was a wearers copy and the official ones are made from hallmarked silver?

Here are the pictures from Thies. Price 18 000€ Finnland Mannerheim1 - Kreuz 1. Klasse. - Auktionshaus Andreas Thies (andreas-thies.de)

In the Danish state calendar of 1943 and 1944 he is listed as captain. In the state calendar of 1946 he is listed as oberst. In 1948-49 he is listed as oberst and has some more awards. In 1953 he is generalmajor. Unfortunately I don't have all the years of the State calendar, but with this you might get an idea of his promotions. At least it's a beginning...

He received the Order of the Sword on May 29th 1947. He was one of totally 82 Danes that got the commander 1st class.