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    larsb001

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    1. 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 .
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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 ...
    5. 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
    6. 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 ...
    7. 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.
    8. I would agree with Johan, to me it looks like the Pro Dania 1940-45 medal.
    9. 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!
    10. Slightly off topic, but you do see these enamel ribbons on miniatures as well, here's an example ....
    11. 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?
    12. I would have very few from Spain!
    13. 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 ?
    14. 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.
    15. Lubo, at least one other Gold medal exists, I have had it my hands a few times, but I don't know where it is now. It came from the estate of Prince George of Denmark to a Danish collector, then to the shop "Guldstuen" and from there to the collection of a now deceased former President of OMSA who had an special interest in these countries.
    16. Hello Nick. I used your suggestion AND an old toothbrush plus mild soap etc. So apart from having the worlds cleanest decoration I can say that it's definitely grey, and quite even and bright, so I can also rule out your pest suggestion. My own conclusion is that I'm having an unexplained production variant (and not some kind of super rare unknown class). Would you buy into this? And thanks for the various comments. /Lars
    17. Hi Nick. Thanks for your prompt reply, I tried to make a better scan, the colours doesn't seem to be 100% correct, but when I have it in my hand I have no doubt, it's actually grey and not a variant of dark blue!
    18. The question may have been asked before, but I cannot find it. I have these two Red Cross decorations, the one to the left with the normal seen blue enamelled center, and then the other one with a grey enamelled center (the reverse is blue). Is there any explanation for this?
    19. Johan, I never saw the full size medal, they clearly mentioned that they have had the full size medal with crown so I never really questioned this, the miniature is clearly made to be crown mounted. But if someone have choosen a miniature medal with crown instead of one without crown I cannot know. I do have groups (not Swedish) were a certain award was replaced by something else, but in those cases the front would be more or less identical so nobody would really spot the difference. However, I wouldn't expect this to be the case with such an award as the recipient would (most likely) attend events where it would be obvious that the man would wear something he wasn't entitled to.
    20. Johan & Jonas. thank you so far for trying to identify those two groups with the Bravery Medal and this discussion. I cannot add much more about the regarding the ribbon mounted group. I bought it from Mynthuset in 1995 and they claimed it came from the estate of Janek, but on the other hand they were not 100% sure. I was often in Stockholm at that time and discussed the provenience with Jönsson from Sveavägen who referred to an recent published article in the NNF magazine anout the awards of the Bravery Medal in Gold with Crown. I understood that only a few, 2-3, were awarded with Crown and that Janek should be one of them. I also discussed it with Jan Selin (the older one) who took a special interest in the Bravery Medal, he claimed that Janek would also be a possibility, the same message came from Bjarne Ahlström. But if Janek only got the Silver medal it cannot be him! But with those very few awards of the Medal with Crown I assume an identification could be possible if you have the lists? The miniature itself is different from the others I've seen, the front and back is struck as two separate disks which is then soldered together. Regarding the chain the Bravery medal is actually gilded Silver (although it may not appear as such on the scan), so actually the Gold Medal and as I understand you this could be atributed to Erik Stålberg? Do you happen to have more info, searching using google doesn't really add much? Thanks, Lars
    21. GM1, a really nice chain! Jonas, thanks alot for your effort, I may contact you offline, would really like to know how you're getting there, is there a published list of those who got the Bravery medal, cannot recall having seen anything except for an article published around 20 years ago in NNF. And now to some miniature Order of the Sword, some early pieces around 1800-1820: And some other examples ranging from around 1810-1900 although the Commander on a ribbon may be around 1920-30: And some in groups:
    22. Hi Jonas. You're welcome to a private tour should you come to Copenhagen! But it seems you're somewhat into the Bravery Medals, beautiful selection you have, do you know if it would be possible to ID these two groups? The ribbon mounted one was bought from Mynthuset appr 30 years ago, at that time I was told they came from the estate of Hjalmar P:son Janek but I have ben unable to get this confirmed by photos, lists or other sources, is it something you have some info about? I believe they had his fullsize group as well which were sold before I visited them. I understand that very few, less than 5, were awarded with crown around 1890-1900? Regards, Lars
    23. Some different 1st type Vasa badges including a Herolds badge (the red/blue enamelled badge) ranging from a very small to an somewhat "oversized" miniature!
    24. Chris, you may be right, I'm completely out of my comfort zone here, so any comments in respect of originality is appreciated as well.
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