JohanH

Hello! The center things are ice-skates so possibly a Swedish Ice skating club (skridskoklubb). What does the back look like? Any markings? It is definitely not Swedish Air Force. I have seen other badges from Stockholm area that use a similar type of wings, so your badge might have a connection to the capital or might just be a generic merit badge. Sweden has numerous different sport badges for all kind of sports.

Here is a single miniature in my collection. Knight of the Albrechts-orden with crown. What's special with it is that it is awarded to a Swede. Architect Johan Ludvig Peterson I also have his rosette that shows the Albrechts-orden and the Swedish North Star order and Order of Vasa. Is it possible to find when Peterson was awarded the Albrechts-orden? Does a roll exist?

According to Harald Hallbergs book about Norwegian decorations a total of 1300 freedom crosses were manufactured and 198 went to the British personnel. So it's not the most common decoration.

The Norwegian order is of the type awarded between 1905 and 1937.

Hello! It could be the Pro Dania medal.

Here is a pretty interesting miniature chain. No ID yet, but I believe it should be possible to find a match.

A quick look in the Swedish state calendar of 1914 show the following persons from Württemberg with the order of Vasa. Perhaps it might help narrow it down. I can't access the Hathitrust records so I cannot check for myself. Max Ernst Julius von Schillings - Gen.musikdirektör - KVO2kl 1913 Joseph von Kopf - Bildhuggare - KVO2kl 1897 Carl Friedrich von Schumacher - Geh.hovråd - KVO2kl 1897 Ernst Wilhelm von Sieglin - Hovråd - KVO2kl 1913 Conrad Beijer - Stiftsråd - RVO 1882

I have an identical ribbon bar in my collection. Your medal is made by Sporrong & Co in Stockholm.

I believe it should be "société nationale d'encouragement au bien".

Several of the Swedish jubilee medals are awarded on light blue ribbons and is always placed before any orders such as Order of Sword, North star or Vasa. So many Swedish ribbon bars often have one (or several) light blue ribbon in the first positions. I'll see if I can find match the awards to any person.

Hello Andreas! The text on the button seem to be "Solide" and "C.W. & Co" What do you think of the ribbons? Do you have any idea what they might be?

Hello! What are your opinions on this buttonhole rosette? Could it be Swedish? Or from any other country? Rosettes are not that common in Sweden so I have some doubts about it being Swedish. Yellow/blue = Swedish order of the sword? Blue = Swedish jubilee medal? Red = French Legion of Honor / Finnish Lion Order? Red/yellow = Russian order of St. Anna? Green/red = Order of Nichan Iftikhar? What do you think? The blue color of the yellow/blue ribbon seem to be too bright/light to be the Order of the Sword. But are there any other possible ribbons that match?

The medal from Wendes Artilleri is for fälttävlan which is horse ridning. The other medal is not military but from UIF = Uppsala Idrottsförening (Uppsala sport club). Third price 1940.

Many sports clubs used badges as awards/prices for the winners of contest. So perhaps this was an award for the winner of a sailing contest or something like that? It appears to be named and dated.

HBL 1864 is a badge from Hufvudstadsbladet (a Finnish newspaper) which was founded in 1864. Since the black triangle seem to be engraved with HSK I would assume that they are also from the sailing club. Perhaps some kind of price or similar? You could try to contact the club and ask if they have any information. In English – Helsingfors Segelklubb (hoski.fi)

Hello! I don't speak italian so I am not 100% certain what you are asking. Only the winterwar medal is military, the other badges are civilian. HSK is Helsingfors Segelklubb = Helsinki Sailing club The black badge with Mannerheim monogram could be a version of the badge that was sold in the early 50s to raise money for a statue of Mannerheim.

As far as I know there is no number of awarded pieces known. I have only seen rough estimates that differ considerably from each other. The silver medal for bravery in the field is probably awarded in several thousands. I think I've heard something about just over 2000 medals of the first variant (with Gustaf III). The third variant with the order of the sword is the most common version. The "Tapperhet i Fält" (For bravery in the field) was instituted in May 28th 1789 and was bearing the portrait of king Gustaf III. In 1804 the kings portrait was replaced by the monogram of the current reigning king Gustaf IV Adolf. In 1809 the medal was changed once again. This time the monogram was replaced by the order of the Sword. In 1841 it was decided that the medal should be minted in a smaller size and with a crown. More or less the same thing is for both the gold version of "För tapperhet i fält" and the sea version (För tapperhet till siöss). The medal could be awarded to both men and women.

He received the grand cross of the Order of the Sword on September 8th 1888.

Hello! Hans Georg Küsel received the 2nd class Knight of the Vasa order on 2/7 1890.

Thanks! It must be him then. It's unlikely that there have been two von Mauteuffel who both were Rittmeisters and aide-de-camp at the same time. I'll update my list with his name.

There was a von Manteuffel who received the Knight cross of the Swedish Order of the Sword on August 7th 1848. There is no surname, just Baron von Manteuffel and his title is Prussian rittmeister and adjutant (aide-de-camp) for the king. This must be Edwin von Manteuffel right? Both his rank and position as camp-de-aide seem to fit with the biography shared by 03fahnen.

I found Götting! He got the Knight 1st class on August 2nd 1918.

Here is the entry in the award roll. Kurt Fricke and Karl Dönitz on 12th April 1930. Can you show the photo? He is not in the 2nd class roll which I have in Excel. I am not done re-writing the 1st class yet, I'm still in 1870. But a quick search through some statecalenders give nothing on Götting. Are you sure he received the Order of the Sword? Sorry, I don't have any lists of the "normal" Order of the White Rose. The only lists I have are of those who received the order with swords.

The jewish nurse Dina Poljakoff in Finland was awarded the Iron cross in WW2 but refused to accept it.

Very interesting. The award roll clearly says 3/8. There must be a mistake made in the award roll.