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Thank you Owain for the tip! I shall keep an eye out on ebay.fr if one turns up now that I know what to look for. Haile Selassie received the order of the Seraphim on June 10 1924. Below is a photo of the Order of Salomon that King Gustaf V received. It is currently in the royal collection (Livrustkammaren).

Hello! This is a badge from the state police school. Valtion poliisikoulo = State Police School Ahkeruudesta ja taidosta = Diligence and skill I have no idea of value since I don't collect police badges. Here is a link to a collectors site about finnish police badges. Maybe he can help you with it's value. Poliisimerkki (bahnhof.se)

Hello! I recently purchased a miniature chain to a highly decorated Swedish chamberlain who received the grand officer of the Star of Ethiopia in 1924. Unfortunately this miniature is missing from the chain and I would like to complete it. I have tried google but I haven't found any miniatures that fits. So if anyone can help me in any way it would be greatly appreciated. BR Johan

Thank you for your replies!

Here is one of my lastest arrivals. A miniature chain with a Oldenburg house order 1st class awarded to a Swedish chamberlain (kammarherre).

Great medalbar! I've sent you a PM about the possible recipients names.

If you want to know the exact years they are made (the silver ones) just post the year stamp here.

Hello! All three badges are from the "Frivilliga skytterörelsen" or Voluntary shooting moovement. The first two badges are for shooting with rifle and the third is for shooting with automatic weapon. I can't see the year mark on the back. Is it S9 on badge number 2, if it is that would mean 1968. So they don't have any connection to any military unit. Both civilians and military personnel could get them.

He got Swedish order of the Sword grand cross on July 2 1890

He got the order of the Sword, commander 2nd class on December 13th 1899

Johan Willem Buitendijk received the Swedish order of Vasa knight 2nd class on April 28th 1955 as a captain of police. A total of 1470 2nd class knight crosses was awarded between it's institution 1889 to it's cancellation in 1974. Of these 1470 crosses, 68 was received by Dutch nationals.

Hello! I have this medalbar with a dutch order. I don't know if it is of any help to you but the Oranje-Nassau order was awarded on May 27th 1963 according to it's document.

I can add that he received the Swedish order of the Sword commander 1st class on July 19th 1905.

Thanks! Now I have 22 names. When I'm done with the swedish medal rolls I will present the total number of awards in a topic in the forum. Very nice medalbar. The order of Vasa knight II class is scarce, but not near as rare as the merit cross (without enamel).

Breast star no 1 is the star for the commander 1st class of the order of the Sword (neck decoration no. 6).

I don't have a complete list of receivers of the Vasa order yet. I'm still struggling with the order of the Sword. Right now my list of Vasa-merit crosses only have 21 persons in it. None of which is Dutch. The Vasa merit cross is the rarest of all Swedish orders.

Interesting information that is new for me. No matter how many has been awarded, they are difficult to find for sale.

It's stamped O7 = 1967

Here is my latest little lamb. Knight 2nd class - one of 55 awarded

Do you have a name of the original owner? The Swedish Vasa-order is very rare with very few awarded.

Leutnant Heinrich Anton Wilhelm von Wodtke received the Swedish order of the Sword on August 29th 1903.

This is the correct box for the last type of the sword medal. A small yellow box with a crown on. Within the box is a small document with instructions on how and when to wear orders and medals. Sorry for the bad pic but it's the only found I could find at the moment.

Thank you for the pictures. I have seen this type of grey box before but I can't remember what medal was in it. It could be as you say that it's a box bought before the award ceremony to use as a presentation box instead of the boring little yellow box. Or maybe the awardee was so proud of his medal that he bought a generic case at Carlman. I will dig up a picture of my medal with the original carton box. It was probably awarded and then never looked at again. The piece of ribbon was never mounted on the medal and the original papers about how the wear the medal were in the box.

Nice collection! Now you need the unique gold medal to complete the set. Can you show some more and better pictures of the grey box please? My medal from 1974 came in a yellow carton box. Honestly I don't think your grey box is original to the medal. If the medal is marked on the rim MJV (Mynt och Justeringsverket = Swedish Mint) why whould it be in a box from C.F.C?

Do you know what the medal for science, art and music looks like? I found nothing on google. I found Glæsel by a lot of luck and a little bit hard work. I made the assumption that the Wendish crown and Greek order was the most unusual and then searched through state calendars and writing down the possible matches and continued like this until there was only one possible candidate left. Without searchable state calendars I would never have found him, at least not so fast. Another of my (to many) projects is to make a excel file of all Swedes that received a Dannebrog orden.