AleksiL

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4 hours ago, JohanH said:

So if I understand it correctly you are not 100% certain that it is possible?

But the information about the recipients should be at the National Archive?

 

 

The reason I ask is that I've heard years ago from another collector that it isn't possible to find any names to these medals. So I am curious if there are any new information about this. 

Hey! The information should be with the national archives, they have done alot of new registering of the documents or something along those lines, so in my opinion and experience, yes it is possible but ONLY for the civil guard MERIT medal, other civil guard badges cannot really be tracked, maybe some numbers are mentioned in the Kansalliskirjasto, but those are only a few and require alot of work. 

Hey Johan! I can't research any medals, a friend possibly can, the Finnish National Archives has atleast some documents so it's possible to find out a recipient with the numbering of the civil guard merit medal.

Hey Christer

Did you also manage to get the larger medal bar? It is possible to find out the recipient with the numbering on the civil guard merit medal.

On 03/01/2014 at 13:36, christerd said:

A new day and some more Officers

 

1. KonteAdmiral Ludolf von Usslar Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte östl. Ostsee

 

2. Major Gilbert Hamilton , and this officer needs a special mention :

 

Count David Gustaf Gilbert John Wilhelm Hamilton was born in Sweden March 20th 1869 and died August 11th 1947 on the mansion Hedensberg. He started his career as an officer in 1891, in 1897 he tried to join the war between Turkey and Greece but was denied service. The story goes the he also was trying to enter the Russian-Japanese war and the Boer war. In 1914 he was in the Cavalry but left and joined the Prussian Army in Lieb-Kürassier Regiment Grosser Kurfürst . He was awarded the EK II in Sept 13 1914, early 1915 he was in 223rd Reserve Inf Rgt and after been wounded he took command in Nov 1915 of 22nd Reserve Jäger Batl.

Spring 1918 he was fighting in Finland under Oberst Frhr von Brandenstein.

But Hamiltons was wasn´t over yet , he was Commander of the 3rd Kürassier Rgt Graf Wrangel in June 1918 and fought against partisans in Ukraine late 1918 -february 1919.

He was among other things Honorary member of Königsberg and he was appointed Honorary GenMaj in dR August 25th 1939 in Wermacht.

 

3. Hauptmann Roeder , 1 Radfahr Komp /Pommersches Jäger Batl Fürst Bismarck nr 2

 

4. Hauptmann Carp , Stabsoffizier Ostsee Div

 

5. Hauptmann Maenss , Stabsoffizier OsteSee Div ( Feld EisenBahn)

Hey Christer, old stuff but great!

Would it be possible for me to use the photo of colonel Gilbert Hamilton, in an upcoming book about military history of Vihti, Hamilton is in a crucial role aswell as he tried to breach the defences of Kalkkimäki here. So there will be a section about him. Let me know!

Regards

Aleksi

I recently acquired these Finnish ribbon bars, and i have been trying to Find out the provenance, i have stumbled upon 3 jaegercolonels who might be the original owners. Ragnar Wahlbeck, Håkan Wahren, Aksel Vuokko.

I need help on this!

Thank you!

Do you guys think this 1st class is authentic, its a shame the pin is missing. Condition is meh, can i get some help to figure out the maker, is it authentic and what the value could be

On 12/04/2008 at 23:21, Peter J said:

And finally a 55mm with sash.

 

cheers

Peter

Hello Peter, ive been looking for a grand cross and a neck badge, do you know where i could find them? And what prices are they usually?

On 06/03/2021 at 21:50, MariusStrong said:

Yeah, Suurristi 1918 is great stuff.

A complete set with Breast Star could be worth some thousands of Euro.

But Suurristi from 1939 and 1941 is more rare.

I would agree that the winter war era 1939 grand cross (suurristi) is more rare, but thr 1941 is more common. 

On 30/01/2022 at 20:26, misiu said:

Sorry, I can not help you although I also have one made by Godet

Oh thats cool, could you maybe posti pictures of it, would really like to see if its similiar to mine or more like the example in jani Tiainens suomen kunniamerkit book. 

Hi guys.

I recently bought 1918, 1st class cross of liberty. Belonged to a german veteran. But it is an replacement from the 1920s by godet because the original went missing. How many of the 33 germans who got the 1st class wouldve ordered a custom made for the lost one? Theres one example in Jani tiainens Kunniamerkit book. I also asked Jani and he told me it is also made by godet but mine is a bit better quality. Ive got it with the 1918 freedoms medal etc

But it is an replacement from the 1920s by godet because the original went missing. How many of the 33 germans who got the 1st class wouldve ordered a custom made for the lost one? Theres one example in Jani tiainens Kunniamerkit book. I also asked Jani and he told me it is also made by godet but mine is a bit better quality. Ive got it with the 1918 freedoms medal etc

Hi

i recently acquired an first class of the cross of liberty from 1918, its very similiar to the one in Jani Tiainens book, about a replacement one made in germany in 1920s, but mine has a finnish centerpiece, could this be an prototype?