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Finland My Finnish Collection 1918-1945
JohanH replied to christerd's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
What would you guess an unissued piece would sell for at an auction? -
Finland My Finnish Collection 1918-1945
JohanH replied to christerd's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
I believe it’s almost impossible to put a value on such a piece. But if I would guess I think it would go for over 30 000 € in an auction. But I guess it all depends on how much the bidders want it. Can we see a picture of it? -
Finland My Finnish Collection 1918-1945
JohanH replied to christerd's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Hello! Are you buying or selling? Is it a complete set? with cross? Breast star? Document? Since only nine were manufactured and only four ever awarded so the price between issued and unissued is huge. As far as I know there is atleast one of the awarded crosses on the private market. Is yours issued or unissued? -
Spain-Order of Military Merit-Silver Cross
JohanH replied to Gordon Craig's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Hello! You should probably post this in the Spain forum instead of in northern europe. Btw, I have nerver seen this variant before. Is it possible that it nice had enamel that has been removed by someone? -
Mannerheim Cross in wear
JohanH replied to BalkanCollector's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
You´re right, it´s only thorn. First I thought that he was wearing some weird variation of the tank-destroyer badge since he´s standing next to the anti-tank rifle. But it didn´t look right. The badge is white with a black tank on it (for those who didn´t know). -
Mannerheim Cross in wear
JohanH replied to BalkanCollector's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Is he wearing a badge on his arm or is it thorn by a bullet or something? Interesting pictures btw! -
He got the Sword commander 2nd class on 5 november 1924 to be precise.
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Finnish order of the holy lamb
JohanH replied to JohanH's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Thank you for clearing out that mystery of mine! That would mean that the one I have is a knight 1st class and not a 2nd class! Yes, the old award documents are gorgeous, but the recent ones are to boring! Unfortunately I don´t have any documents for these. Yet… -
Here is my small collection of Order of the Holy Lamb from Finland. This is a church order which is awarded for long service to the Finnish church. It consists of seven classes, five orders and two medals. The number of awards are really low so it´s very difficult to find these for sale. Grand cross - 10 awarded Commander 1st class - 26 awarded Commander 2nd class - 23 awarded Knight 1st class - 26 awarded Knight 2nd class - 55 awarded Medal 1st class - 73 awarded Medal 2nd class - 34 awarded The ones I have in my collection so far is commander 2nd class, knight 2nd class and both medals. Does anyone know what the difference is between the two knight classes? I think the only difference between the commander classes is the breast star which goes with 1st class. If anyone know of any for sale, please let me know so I can try to complete my collection!
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Mongolia ORDER OF THE RED COMBAT BANNER
JohanH replied to Vatjan's topic in People's Republic Mongolia
It is www.holmasto.fi The auction takes place this saturday -
Help to ID a trouser
JohanH replied to Jef's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Equipment
The stamps does not look like swedish stamps to me. Swedish stuff usually have either three crown stamp or a single crown stamp. -
Mannerheimcross 1st class sold in Finland!
JohanH replied to JohanH's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
I don´t know what the rules are for posting pictures from auctionhouses, but if anyone has any concerns let me know and I´ll delete them. Pictures from Suomen Numismaattisen Yhdistyksen Huutokauppa no 44. -
A while ago a Finnish Mannerheim cross 1st class was sold on a auction. The order was manufactured in 8 pieces, 3 numbered and 5 unnumbered. Only two was ever awarded, one to Mannerheim himself (no 1) and the other to general Erik Heinrichs (no 2). This cross was one of the unnumbered and unissued pieces. The sale price was 33 000 € + commission. And no, I am not the lucky buyer. The Mannerheim-crosses are subject to export restrictions and may not leave Finland. And I don´t have that kind of money to spend either. This is probably one of the extremely few times such a rarity is sold at the open market! Once in a lifetime perhaps?
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Mongolia ORDER OF THE RED COMBAT BANNER
JohanH replied to Vatjan's topic in People's Republic Mongolia
Order number 410 is for sale in a Finnish auction if anyone is interested to know. The same auction also sells a Order of the Polar Star number 492... -
Swedish miniatyr bar with Finnish and German miniatyr
JohanH replied to JanneP's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
You are right. It must be L6 and that would mean 1940. Which is suitable if it´s a winter war award. -
Swedish miniatyr bar with Finnish and German miniatyr
JohanH replied to JanneP's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
It looks like the hallmark on the libertycross is E6? That would mean it´s manufactured 1934 and could therefor suggest a 1918 cross? Since there is no military medals we can assume the recipient was a civilian otherwise there should probably be some military award. And the lack of royal jubilee medals he was probably not working for the royal court. Of course he could have had some neckorder that don´t show up on his miniature bar. He must have been alive later than 1973 since the royal patriotic society medal has Carl XVI Gustaf on it. The last medal is a commemorative medal from Skånska Landtmännens Centralförening 1904-1954. A society that made farmer buy tools, supplies and stuff jointly for a better price. Today there is only one nationwide society called Lantmännen. So he was probably living and working with something related to farming in Skåne (south of Sweden). Strange bar indeed! -
Polonia Restituta to foreigners
JohanH replied to JohanH's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Hello! I guess the best would be to create a new topic in the Northern European forum. -
Polonia Restituta to foreigners
JohanH replied to JohanH's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Thank you for the information! Much appreciated! -
What has happened to the madalj.nu website?
JohanH replied to Lukasz Gaszewski's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
I have contacted one of the people behind medalj.nu and the site will come up again in the future. Hopefully as soon as possible I hope.