JohanH

My guess would be that is it the date of presentation. Here is an example of a order of the Sword to a Bulgarian captain, the document has two dates. The first date, 25th October 1941 is when the King has decided to give the award and the other date is what I assume is the date of presentation of the award. The award roll show only the first date. I also have a document that has the same date on both places so there are all kinds of variations.

According to the roll he received it on June 26th 1936 so I guess your date should be 30th June.

Friedrich Carl Moriz von Lyncker got the Swedish Order of the Sword, Grand Cross on August 29th 1911.

Heinrich Anton Wilhelm von Wodtke got the Swedish Order of the Sword, Knight 2nd class on August 29th 1903 as the 88th person to receive that order.

Gustav von Kessel got the Swedish Order of the Sword, commander 2nd class on July 27th 1888.

Hans von Arnim got the Swedish Order of the Sword, commander 2nd class on September 30th 1893.

Walter Hermann Friedrich Nicolai got the Swedish Order of the Sword, commander 2nd class on August 2nd 1918.

Kurt Ernst August Friedrich von Manteuffel got the Swedish Order of the Sword in Commander 2nd class on November 4th 1897.

I can verify that it is Joseph Pousette on the photo. Here is another one of him. I have so far found 16 Swedes with 1st class IC and 31 with 2nd class.

Hello! No problem, he got it on June 26th 1936.

Another one. This time with Order of Vasa, Austrian Red cross and Prussian Red Cross 3rd class.

Here is a very unusual womens miniature bar. You very rarely see any female medalbars, neither full size or miniatures.

Two more that are waiting to be ID:ed.

The original owner was Nils Bertil Valdemar Wiklander. Musikdirektör and militärmusikinspektör.

You should post it in the topic about Swedish miniatures. That miniature bar is a very easy ID to it's original owner. I did it some years ago. I'll see if I can find my notes. It was a military musician.

Damn! I was hoping there was an easy way to find information about regular Danes who did not receive any high orders or were "celebrities". I know about Find a grave but I was hoping there would be something similar to the Swedish/Norwegian search-possibilities. Thank you both for your tips!

Hello! Is there any way to find information about the death-dates of Danish citizens? For Swedes there are the cd-database named "Sveriges Dödbok" and for Norwegians there are a database online (Søk i dødsfall - Digitalarkivet) you can search. But is there anything similar for Danes?

Hello! Is it possible to find any information about a Romanian soldier who served in Finland during ww2? His name was Zamfir Calinescu and received the Liberty medal 2nd class in 1941.

Here are two others.

That is a strange bar! The position of the Vasa-order suggests a Swede. But the Finnish winterwar medal is of the type awarded to finnish citizens... Could the Vasa order have been a replacement for the Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus? They share the same ribbon. But the winterwar medal still don't make sense if it is to a foreigner. If we assume that the first one is Italian, then all the others (except the last one) is in correct alphabetical order. Dannebrogorden before 1947 and S:t Olav orden before 1937.

That's him! He received the Lion order and S:t Olav later in life, that's why they are not on this miniature bar. I went through a lot of different Rullor and he is a perfect match in 1950 (if I remember correctly, it could have been a earlier year). I still have not found any one else that fits. I would not bet my life on it but I am pretty sure it is his medals. The shooting medal is blank on the back. The libertycross is verified with the list of crosses to Swedes and he got one with red cross.

My miniature bar did most likely belong to Yngve Hildebrand, dentist. 1895-1982.

Hello Stefan. No need for you to look it up. I have already ID it. I’ll post the name when I get home. The NCO bar is most likely an officers bar with the order of sword replaced by the sign of the sword. I have the list of Lingiaden medals (third) so it is just a matter of time to find the name.

I agree. I have never thought it to be the Finnish Liberty cross. My message was a reply to P.F. who said it could possibly be the Liberty cross. My reply was only meant to say that it is highly unlikely that it is the Liberty cross since there is no von Ilsemann in the roll of crosses to germans.

I could very well be wrong. So don't give up just because of me. Here is a 3rd class cross with two rivets awarded in december 1941 to a german oberstabsarzt. IF the document and cross really belong together. To quote Jani Tiainens great book on Finnish awards: "First 1941-types of 3rd and 4th classes of the cross of Liberty were manufactured similarly as 1939 - Winter War types. Surface was painted black with lacquer paint and year marked on the reverse side was embossed. Most of the crosses from Continuation War period have stamped year and black oxidized surface. Awards made during Continuation War have similar stamped numbers as types 1941. Some replacement pieces manufactured after the war can be found with engraved numbers. 3rd and 4th class crosses from Continuation War have much more different variations than earlier types. Differences can be found from general shape, thickness, central rose and its attachment. The heaviest variations are almost 50% heavier than the lightest crosses."