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    christerd

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    1. There was really a breast star to the first class but its extreme rare ;)

      Only 11 Germans got the Liberty Cross with Swords and Breast star 1941 .....

      Ernst Busch He had other Decorations

      Wilhelm Canaris Had other Decorations

      Waldemar Erfurth Had other Decorations

      Kurt Fricke Had other Decorations

      Rudolf Gercke No Match

      Hans Jeschonnek Had Romanian Awards

      Alfred Jodl No Match

      Günther Korten No Match

      Georg Lindemann No Match

      Felix Steiner No Match

      Kurt Zeitzler No Match

      But it is not " normal" to have a neck order on a ribbon bar , but since the owner was German maybe he did a " Weimar" :whistle:

      Christer

    2. I started looking through old dusty books ;) for Wasa Orders and instantly found some interesting names ....

      For Example : Wilhelm Mauser who got a Knight Wasa Order in 1878 , yes Mauser who together with his brother made the Gewehr 71

      and the same factory that made the famous Gewehr 98 who is like the grandfather of bolt action rifles today.

      You her from me again

      Christer

    3. The updated database is finished ! It took some time ;) But now it contains 1062 names of Germans who got the Swedish Order of the Sword in different grades.

      I have two members who already said they want the new list , but I will be happy to send it to anyone who want a reserach tool , in most it have both First names and surnames , rank and state . It is in Excel format so its easy to handle.

      The first listed award is in 1836 and the last in June 1939

      Just mail me or write in the thread and I send a copy .

      Sunny regards from Sweden

      Christer

    4. Christer,

      I just notice this thread and I have to say that You have a truly wonderful collection!

      One detail:

      Your posts #51 and #52 "Benignitates humane Finlandia memor": It is a Finnish medal, not Swedish.

      Regards,

      Jussi-Pekka

      Aha , Thanks Jussi-Pekka , I always thought it was a Swedish one .

      Getting hard to find any Finnish Orders in Sweden now ..... and ribbon bars is nowhere to see

      Christer

    5. Here is the ribbon bar at home ;)

      It is of the late 1930s design with tabs on the backside , but cant see that it has been messed with .

      Pass blacklight test of course and the ribbons looks to be same age.

      I suppose totally impossible to id but still a nice bar, here together with my only other OV ribbon bar , discussed in another thread and also impossible to Id....

      Christer

    6. Hallo all , its been some time but now i have a lot of new names of german Officers with Swedish Order of the Sword , mostly awarded

      in late 1800s. I think it will be app 100 names when I gone through the new lists.

      The complete list contains about 700 names before this update most with surnames , if anyone want the complete list just let me know or if you just want the update .

      Sorry to say my last email program crashed so i dont know who I sent to last year , so let me know again if you are interested ;)

    7. I suppose the topic should be non Bavarian , because I dont think Bavaria had any Matrosen ;)

      Ober Matrosen Artilleristen Ludwig Hinkel got a BMVK 3X in 1916...

      I always liked Typical State awards to other states soldiers and now I wonder if anyone could lead me in the right direction ?

      Was a Ober Matrosen Artillerist on a ship ? I know there was a Battleship named Bayern and that would be good reason to give him a BMVK 3X , or could he served in another land based unit with some Bavaria connection ?

      Christer

    8. Hmm , even some from Sweden liked Diamonds , well at least they got the very rare award but if it had real Diamonds I will never know ;)

      Here you three gentlemen with the rare Prussian Crown Order

      First out August Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe KO1 mBr

      Next one is Per Axel Henrik Cavalli KO1 mBr

      and last one is GenMaj Gustaf Alarik Bergmann KO2 mBr

      Christer

    9. :blush:

      Just saw the Kriegstammrolle ..... Pleaaaaaase Mikko , who is it ?

      I have spent some hours in the Swedish War Archive searching for Swedish soldiers with Finnish awards , puh I

      Thank god they are typed (most) and not in scary handwritten old German like Rick has to deal with :whistle:

      Right know I going through 1st class medals with Red Cross 1918 ( only 20 awarded to Swedes) would I like a document ?

      Hmm , let me think ......

      YES ! :cheeky:

      Christer

    10. Hi all,

      I have a book given to Oberleutnant und Kommandant Wengel an T 159 from his crew

      no date but the book is from 1930 , the question is does anyone know who was Kommendant on T 139

      in 1930s ?

      I can´t find T 139 in Kriegsmarine ? was it a old WW 1 ship ?

      I wonder if he was Oberleutnant sur Zee in 1930s he would probably be high ranked during WW 2 if he continued ....

      any info att all appriciated

      Christer

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