JohanH

Yes, either that or the date when the germans approved it. 

22 hours ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Hello @JohanH

Can you please find Walther Oehler in the Swedish award rolls?

According to his Personalakte, he was awarded the Swedish Order of the Sword (class unknown) on 5 November 1940. I don't know if the award date is correct.

Many thanks!

Walther Oehler, German commander (Tysk kommendör) received the Order of the Sword, Commander 2nd class on October 22nd 1940.

6 hours ago, larsb001 said:

Another nice group, attributed to Carl Frithiof Dahl (27 July 1869 - 22 August 1952).

 

 

 

On the group we have The Order of the North Star (Gold 18ct), the Order of Vasa (Gold 18ct, crown gilded), the Royal Swedish Sailing Society Commemorative Medal 1830-1930 (silver), the Swedish Sailing Society Merit Medal in Gold (Gold 23ct) and the Stockholm Yacht Club excellent service Medal (Silver gilt). So a group with some rarely seen miniatures.

 

It's allways good to be able to find info on a group, the following text is not mine, but taken from Wikipedia;

 

Carl Frithiof Dahl was a Swedish engineer and builder. The family moved to Stockholm in 1871 and he graduated in 1890 from Byggnadsyrkesskolan Bysan at the Technical School in Stockholm. He was approved in 1897 by the city's building committee as a master builder with permission to erect buildings in the capital. He received his bachelor's degree in 1904 and in 1905 entered the office of Master Mason, where he became Master Mason number 202.

 

Dahl then practiced for a time in an architect's office before establishing himself as a master builder in Stockholm. In 1912–1913 he collaborated with architect Folke Zettervall where he drew up and signed the floor plans for the property Hornblåsaren 6 (Strandvägen 63). 

 

The first major task was the Värtagasverket. Among the buildings erected by Dahl, Stockholm City Hall , the Royal Dramatic Theater and the Byströmska villa (Prince Carl's Palace on Djurgården) are notable above all, as well as PUB's department store at Hötorget and PUB's department store at Hornsgatan.

 

In 1906 he became a member of the Masonry Office and in 1917 he was elected to the board of the office and became its treasurer. In 1908 he became a Knight of the Order of Vasa and in 1923 a Knight of the Order of the North Star.

In the years 1908 to 1909, Dahl built his own city villa Sånglärkan 9 at Baldersgatan 3 in Lärkstaden. He hired architect Folke Zettervall, who designed a powerful brick facade. Dahl was a well known profile in the sailing world and a member of KSSS and one of the founders of Stockholms Yachtklubb. His interest in sailing and the sea is reflected in the facade decorations on the town villa at Baldersgatan 3. The gate is flanked by two sculptures showing a sailboat in a stormy sea and a light house among high waves. On the balcony railing rest two dolphins carved in stone and originally there was a wind vane in the shape of a sailing ship on the gable tip. He was also a cross-country skier, active in equestrian sports and one of the pioneers in cycling.

 

Dahl married Olga Pedersen in 1899. The couple had three children, Ragnar (born 1903), Folke (born 1908) and Yngve (born 1914). His wife died at Sophiahemmet in 1945 and he himself died in 1952 and was buried on August 29 of the same year in the Northern Crematorium at the Northern Cemetery .
 

That is a very nice miniature bar!

I believe it was for sale at Tradera for a while but unfortunately I missed it. Did you get it there?

I also think it was auctioned at Myntauktioner around 2015. 

10 minutes ago, Jstrom said:

Alfred Harald Kasper Nyrén, folkskollärare (teacher)

 

Group consisting of: Order of Vasa Knight’s Cross, Medal for Civic Merit, and a Commemorative Medal for a course he participated in at Nääs, 1910. 

 

 

 

Very nice!

Let me know if you decide to sell/trade it!

Here are two other pieces. 

The silver one is from Denmarks numismatic society and the gold one was sold at Gorny & Mosch in 2022.

You are a bit late on creating a topic about this medal....

See this topic:

von Seeckt got the Swedish order of the Sword knight 1st class on August 29th 1911.

Here are two more with royal commemorative medals:

The first one is a bit unusual since it has two of the kings medal. From different kings and on different ribbons.

The other has just the commemorative medal of 1948 and the one from 1967.

von der Lochau received the Order of the Sword 2nd class commander as överste (oberst) on 1940-10-22.

1 hour ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

@JohanH @FRE_A_K

Do you perhaps know if Hermann Bauer was awarded the Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty or any other Finnish decorations? I would be interested in the exact decorations, classes and award dates.

He participated in the Finnish Civil War in 1918 as the Commandant of the Battleship "Westfalen".

Many thanks!

There is a Kapitän zur See named Bauer in the book about Finnish awards to Germans in 1918.

The book is still available if you are interested in purchasing a copy.

Thanks for the tip! That is a great looking piece but 1980$ is alot of money. On the other hand the complete medalbar will look great. 

I got some very good help from a fellow member on how to date them according to their painting in the center. 

BTW. Does it exist any rolls over awarded orders? I would like to know the exact date for my guy. 

He got a 1st class knight without swords. 

42 minutes ago, Stogieman said:

Does anyone know what the last three documents are. Couldn’t make them out 

I believe the first document is his entry in the Stammrollen or something like that. 

The last document seem to be his "criminal record" which states that he's not been commiting any crimes or atleast not been punished for any since it states "keine". 

They all seem to be awarded to Georg Arthur Lamprecht. 
 

So they should belong together. 

Hello!

Is there any way to date an Orden vom Zähringer Löwen?

I need an 1st class knight cross from around 1880 for a medalbar to a Swede but I have no experience in these orders. So how can I tell if a piece is made in 1880 or 1914?

Also, what would be a acceptable price for such an order in gold? Any tips on where to buy it?

BR 

Johan

Here are two more miniature bars that are un-named. 

This miniature bar belonged to the famous balet dancer Björn Holmgren. 

Here are the big size and miniature bar. 

The miniature Vasa is loose and with its own needle so it can easily be removed and worn alone. 

Here is an unusual miniature-ribbon with a Vasa order and the Finnish Pro Finlandia medal. 

Awarded to the actor Erik Fröling. 

The recipient was the famous Swedish balet-dancer Björn Holmgren.

I will try to take a few photos tomorrow. 

On 22/12/2023 at 18:01, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

@JohanH

Johan, can you please confirm if Fritz Conrad was awarded the Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword on 28 March 1934?

His rank at the time was Char. (honorary) Konteradmiral.

If the award date in the Swedish rolls is different from the one above, then this one must be the German approval date.

Thanks!

Hello!

Sorry for my late reply. 

Fritz Conrad got the Order of the Sword Commander 2nd class as Kommendör on April 12th 1930.

On 22/12/2023 at 18:01, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

@JohanH

Johan, can you please confirm if Fritz Conrad was awarded the Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword on 28 March 1934?

His rank at the time was Char. (honorary) Konteradmiral.

If the award date in the Swedish rolls is different from the one above, then this one must be the German approval date.

Thanks!

I will look it up as soon as I get home from Christmas celebration. 

Merry Christmas to you!

On 26/06/2021 at 15:48, Claudius said:

Just a quick update;

 

The contact at the Carl und Liselott Diem -Archiv was most helpful.  He provided me with information that I hope to further explore, however the Archiv will be closed until July 25.  Stay tuned. 

Hello Claudius!

Did you manage to find any more information or pictures of Diem?

I have what I believe is a complete list of all foreign recipients of the Olympic commemorative medal of 1912. 

5 hours ago, Kvart said:

Ah, so you bought it

Amazing, how did you get the name on the guy?

I would guess the Norwegian medal could be related to the incoming state visits 16-18 March 1960 or 8-10 October 1974, or the outgoing ones to Sweden 23-25 April 1959 or 25-27 November 1975. But could also be from the many unofficial royal visits.

 

I got the name by checking the recipients on the list from Great Dane against the list of recipients of the Italian Star. 

Then checked recipients of the Vasa Order. 

In the Ordenskalender of 1963 the italian order isn't listed at all and in 1969 it is listed as a Italian Merit order. If it had been listed as the correct order it would have been a much faster ID. 

2 hours ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Hello,

 

among the awards of Konteradmiral Reimar von Bonin there are two Finnish awards that I am unfamiliar with. The names are written in German, I hope that is ok.

 

1. "Verdienstmedaille I. Klasse des finnischen Bevölkerungsschutzes"

Is this the medal "Väestönsuojelun 1. luokan ansiomitali" (1st photo below)?

How would the name of this medal be translated into English?

 

2. "Schutzkorpsverdienstkreuz"

Is this the "Suojeluskunnan Rautainen Ansioristi" (2nd photo below)?

How would the name of this medal be translated into English?

 

Also, if I understood correctly, the "Suojeluskunnan Ansioristi" came in two classes: Iron and Silver. Is that correct?

If so, which one did von Bonin receive? Because no class is indicated in the German name of this award.

 

Thanks!

1) It should be that medal. The english name is "Civil defence medal 1st class".

It could be awarded with bar 1939-1940 or 1941-1944.

2) It is probably that cross. The english name is "Cross of merit of the Civil Guards". 

It was actually in 3 classes. Iron, silver and gold. But the gold crosses were just awarded a handful of times and not to von Bonin. 

If von Bonin got the iron or silver cross is impossible to know without paperwork or searching through archives.  

The medaljbar is identifed with the help of Great Dane! He really is the GREAT Dane!

I will reveal the name as soon as I have the medalbar and miniature bar in hand.