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Here is my collection of Finnish Minis , I think these are like small pieces of art So much detail and beautiful workmanship . Enjoy ! First is a four with Order of White Rose , medal for bravery 1918 1st class , Prussian Red Cross , Hinderburg Cross. Next a Duo with Order of The Lion and Pro Begnigata Humana ( the last from 1945 given to civilians mostly who helped during the war) Now a four again, with Swedisg Order of North Star in 18K Gold, Order of the White Rose Knight 1st class also in 18K Gold, Liberty Cross 4th class w Red Cross 1941 and PBH (Only 861 LC w Red Cross 1941 was awarded so its quite unusual) Then a single Libert Cross 4th class ( not marked but probably 1941 version) A really scarce one ! A Liberty Cross 3rd Cl w Red Cross 1941 or 1939 ( 48 awarded 1939 and 338 1941 ) And next a single 4th cl w Red Cross A single medal for bravery 1941 1st cl w Red Cross for medics This is almost the Holy Grail of Finnish minis , a 2nd class 1941 for non combat ( only 53 awarded so you dont see these to often ...) And the last one , Liberty Cross for non combat 1918 4th cl, Order of White Rose , EK II , Com medal for 1918 war , HEK ( probably a member of 27th Jaeger Btl 1918) Christer

The Finnish Commemorative Medal for the Liberation war was awarded from late January 1919 so most peoplehad got them in 1930s but as said earlier I now they where awarded at least until 1937. About Finnish Liberty Cross II Class 1941 to Germans : I don´t have tthe awarded numbers to Germans , there where 1160 awarded in total and I have the names of 28 Germans with 2nd class. Christer

After a short thinking I realize that Peters Ribbon bar probably show a 1941 2nd class Liberty Cross instead of a 1918. Then the combination of awards make more sense. I have to how many 41 awards there where to Germans - I'll be back ! christer

Wow again, the newest and probably most true award numbers on Liberty Crosse 2nd Class is 271 awarded And 102 to Germans so your bar is one of 102 1 to a Bavarian , and 2 to Saxon officers so that leave us with 99 possible Looks that he has Army Long Service medals which means that the 60 Navy officers could be ruled out so we are down to 39 possible. The Oldenburg Cross could pont to Oldenburg Dragon Rgt 19 who was in Finland 1918. Here is some names of Germans with Liberty Cross 2nd 1918 Graf von Bernstoff - Had Austrian Merit Cross Georg Carp ? Hans Karl von Esebeck ? Nikolaus von Falkenhorst William Halling - Had other Awards Adolf Hauger Ludwig Heckmann dr Theodor Heynemann - Bavarian , had other wards Ernest Moritz von Kaisenberg - Had other awards Benedict Kreutz Arthur Lehmann Christian Mathes Ludwig Müller - Had other Awards Martin Otto Otto Scheferling Hans Schenk zu Schweinsberg Hans Siebold Otto Theim If we can find what awards these officers above had maybe we can shorten the list even more . Christer

Nice ones ! Christer

Hi Rebbecka , Sad to hear that the old gentleman passed away but at least he had a long life. This was an amazing story , beginning with a simple photo taken by a Swedish witness in 1940 and now almost after 80 years the story lives on .... By the way I will travel to Canada in April for a work meeting ( Ottawa ) never been there so hopefully the weather will be OK so I can see something of the city. and as they say " Old Pilots never die , they just fly away " I enclose the original photo which started the thread in a better scan and also the backside which I never shown before. The translation of the Swedish text is " 22 Sept 1940 Sunday 09.30 these Englishman flew over Holme and had to make an emergency landing at the old bridge, they had been to Norway and bombed at night " " one of them is 21 year and the other 20 " Christer

Hi Erik, The one bottom right is a Badge for Excellent in Military and Political Training , nor rare but still nice The one in the middle of the pic is The Border Guard Ann from 1966 Top Left is Border Guard Excellent badge ( that one I think is quite rare) Bottom Left is Border Guard " For Honorable Deed Badge , ( also quite rare) Top Right is Border Guard Anniv Badge 1971 ( similar in rarity to the other Guard Badges<9 In all a good lot ! If anyone has any updates on value please comment Christer

Hi Jean-Sam. I think you have right in that both flying personal and Anti-aircraft was given the ILMAPOULUSTUS bar and also that they could have it with swords.. When it comes to Navy i´m not sute but i guess that the same goes for Navy/Coastal Defence and both could get the Rannikkopulolustus bar. Anyone have a Navy medal with paper to show ? Christer

Here is my newest addition to my collection, a simple looking medal but very seldom seen It is the medal for Peasants March against communism July 7th 1930 , it was the extreme right wing Lappo Movement who organized a march to Helsinki with 12 000 people. How many medals that where struck is unknown to me,but since the Lappo was banned in 1932 I suppose not many of these medals was saved. Christer

Fantastic Arb ! Thanks for all the info An interesting career Christer

Aha, Thanks Hermann! So he was a Würtemberger , I found him with PRAO III and Würtemberg Kron Orden III in Ranklist 1913 Christer

Hi all, I just bought a pic with General Stabs Arzt Dr Hopfengärtner , dated Dez 8 1915 Does anyone have any info about him? ( sellers pic) Christer

Aha , an old friend is back on market Thanks Lars ! Christer

Hi Gentlemen , What do you think about this cross ? It´s for sale and I wonder if its genuine or not , ( sellers pics ) Is it possible to say something with these photos ? I have never handled a 1870 EK so I´m totally out of my comfort zone here Christer

Here is some better pics and together with its family First pic shows top row : 1918 2nd class , 1939 2nd class 1941 2nd class 1939 Red Cross 1941 Red Cross second row 1918 1st class 1939 1 st class 1941 1 st class 1941 Red Cross Now I have to hunt for a 1939 1st Class Red Cross ( 54 awarded ) christer

When you look at the backside of this simple medal it dosn´t look very exciting ... Finnish Medal for Courage 2nd class , Winter war 1939 , awarded 115 842 times. Well well, but when you turn it around This one is the one with Red Cross awarded to Nurses most and possible some Pte Medic , awarded 241 ! times a rare one for sure Christer

And 2015 is a great year for collectors of Finnish awards ( if you have enough Gold....) Here are some real nice Finnish Orders , all sold this year at Künker Auctions in Germany Prices ?? 650 Euro for the cheapest one and 11 000 Euro !! for the most expensive. I couldn't sleep for two days after seeing what I missed Christer

Thank you Hans , Yes I was suprised that It did´nt get higher And very nice oakleaves cross , not easy to find . Two rarities for sale on the same day 2015 is a good year Christer

A new addition to my collection of Finish awards Finnish Cross of Liberty 2nd class 1939 , onlly 167 awarded so quite scarce

Some new Miniatures , Some Finnish ones but I show them here anyway First out is a group to a Finnish soldier or Finnish Lotta ? R VRO , Liberty medal 1st with Red Cross 1918 , Pr RM III , EhrenKreuz Second Probably a soldier from Jäger Rgt 27 , FFrK IV 1918 non fighter , R VRO, EK II . Medal 1918 , Ehrenkreuz Third one , a Swedish , probably in the Winterwar 1939-40 , Swedish Order of North Star (Real gold) , F VRO 1 (Real Gold) , FFrK IV with red cross 1939 , Medal for Humanity 1947. Fourth , is two FFrK III and IV class with Red Cross , really scarce to find And Last a Hohenzollern . Adler der Inhaber Hope you like them (even if some are not Geman ...)

The more unusual Finnish Orders is beginning to reach almost TR prices in Sweden This Fourth Class Liberty Cross w Red Cross from 1939 sold for almost 700 Euro .... Rare with only 270 awarded but still more money than I paid for a 2nd Class Liberty Cross 1918 two years ago (only 115 awarded )

Hi all , Just when I thought I didn´t going to buy anthing more for a while ..... If I´m right this is something more or less between WW1 and Third Reich ? Sachsen Coburg und Gotha Goldene Verdienstmedaliie 1933-35 , bur with the bar from a 1914/18 medal so maybe it fits here amongst Imperial Does anyone know how many of these the "brown" Duke awarded ? What I can see the 1914/18 bar looks genuine , so maybe he had a WW1 medal and replaced it with this in 1933 ? Christer

Now they have arrived ! Really wonderful small pieces of art I found the man who got them , Jägmeister Carl Reinhold Hullström , he got the RVO 1914 , PrKrO < 1903 and the Wald FO IV 1903-1918 Christer

A new one , thrre miniatures with Swedish Order of Vasa in front of Preuss Crown Order IV and Waldeck Merit Order IV This unusual combination got me to start looking in my archives .... I suppose no one have awards list for Waldeck Pyrmont ?? What I could find was that there wasn´t many Waldeck MO awarded to Swedish I found seven so far and almost all is of higher classes. So I think I got him, but I want to check som more before I´m sure But here the medals (seller pics ) Christer

Good to see a nice spange restored !