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Absolutely not my main area of collecting, but when this turned up on a local auction I couldn't resist. It's a Knights cross 2nd class, it's Gold, but appears unmarked. It's in a Hemmerle case, at least marked so, so I assume it's a Hemmerle. But I would be happy if those in here with a good knowledge could add a few words in respect of period, maker etc or any problems with this piece?

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 .

Here's the King C IX jeton Great Dane is referring to - it's identical in size to the Queen Louise jeton. Both are described in Bergsøe, my copy is unfortunately in my cellar, somewhere inside one of many boxes, hiding.

Graf, this is the auction. I agree that in miniature everything can happen and had it been a mini I'd taken this as an makers mistake/funny variation. I was not the buyer but I was just curious if this was some super rare 1. type something given out in 5 examples, but it's most likely what both you and Megan also suggests, a trial striking/prototype/design study or similar, then still of interest but not a textbook example.

Megan, a valid guess that I have thought of as well, some kind of early prototype. But was thinking it could have another purpose/meaning. Graf, I strongly disagree, it is a full size medal, not a miniature. I have a few miniatures myself of this badge and they are - miniature sizes. If you have found the lot and compare this with the other full size items it's clearly a full size. Here you have a miniature ...

I would like to get this decoration for my modest collection of Red Cross decorations, so far no luck. But at a recent auction I have seen this award, front is identical but the reverse looks like this: As the decoration was instituted in 1922 I wonder why this is dated 1921, it also omits the word Hungarica. Would anybody know anything about this type? /Lars

Stefan, tanks for the feedback. As mentioned, when I bought the group I was given the provenience, and this could of course be wrong. So Nyström could be an possibility, but it's mentioned that he got the Gold medal, and not the Gold medal with Crown. Who knows? And now to something else! Not so long ago I got two different examples of one of the rarer miniatures, the Badge of the Herald of the Order of the Sword (Tjänstetecken för Härold), both in gold. They are identical on both front and reverse ... These go very well together with the similar badge for the Order of the North Star ... And again very well together with the similar badge of the Order of Wasa ... And last, very well together the the Badge of the State Herald of the Order of the Seraphim ...

It's a cap wing for the Danish Schalburg Corps, I'm not a super expert within these insignias, but in my opinion one of the many copies you'll find at auctions, dealers and other places. The pic is not mine, just one I found on the net.

I would agree with Johan, to me it looks like the Pro Dania 1940-45 medal.

A few badges relating to this tread, to the left a badge from the 7th infantry regiment, to the right a badge from the 1st Infantry Regiment. They came from the same source, both seem to be Tavast issues, the screw back suspension have been replaced with a needle system on both, enjoy!

Slightly off topic, but you do see these enamel ribbons on miniatures as well, here's an example ....

These armbands were in a local auction a week ago, and although I don't collect such items I found them rather attractive so they went my way. Seems to originate from an family of German decent, there were also a IC2 with document and a photo album from the inter war period etc in a few other lots. It's obvious what they are issued for, it's printed on them, but I haven't seen similar armbands before, and a quick search on eBay and some of the larger German dealers didn't produce any results, so would others in here have similar items and any knowledge of how common they are?

I would have very few from Spain!

Johan, if I remember correctly these GC Sword miniature stars came from an Rome based Italian shop that closed around 5 years ago, I cannot remember which one. Their remaining stock were sold and I was offered a large lot of miniatures which I turned down due to the asking price. There were several of Nordic/Scandinavian interest, like GC stars of the Dannebrog, the icelandic Falcon, the Finnish White Rose, the Order of Olav and this Order of the Sword. You can find some of them on eBay from time to time, and even in Italian "Diplomatic" groups if you're lucky, they are perfectly valid and seems to range from around the 1940-1960 period. I may have a spare one if you're interested, but have to look, so no promise ?

Hi Kvart, first, I don't know! But I normally use Christian Braunsteins excellent guide of O&D that can be worn on Swedish uniforms. https://sfhm.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sfhm-skriftserie-utmarkelsetecken-pa-militara-uniformer-christian-braunstein-2007.pdf As it is not listed in that guide which covers official and semi-official decorations it's either issued after 2007 (when the guide was written) or more likely a non official Society decoration which makes identification much more difficult - unless you have the exact knowledge - I hope our Swedish members can be more helpful.