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    Kvart

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    1. Sure. His name would be helpful. Almost all of the Norwegian commandos got the Norwegian War medal for the campaign in Walcheren. To that you can add the Norwegian Participation medal, and king Haakon 70 years jubilee medal (if your grandfather was part of the Norwegian army in UK in August 1942). From UK he would have gotten the 1939-45 and France & Germany stars, since the Norwegian commandos served under British army command. Technically he would also get the British War medal for WW2, but this was not awarded to Norwegian who got the Norwegian Participation medal, due to overlapping award criteria. Finally he might have gotten the British Defence medal, depending on his service time in/outside operations in UK and mainland Europe. These would normally have been the default decorations to a Norwegian serving in the said unit and battles. He might have gotten some individual medals for bravery or merit, but it takes his name to see if that happened.
    2. King Olav of Norway went to his first official state visit abroad to Denmark, 11th-13th September 1958. Chief of police O. Kann was made knight 1st class of the order of St. Olav in 1958. I would think there is a connection. Also, no full size Norwegian decorations or orders use the kind of rosette seen on the Dannebrog here. Rosettes are only used on ribbon sets and miniatures, but mostly optional it seems.
    3. Ah, so you bought it Amazing, how did you get the name on the guy? I would guess the Norwegian medal could be related to the incoming state visits 16-18 March 1960 or 8-10 October 1974, or the outgoing ones to Sweden 23-25 April 1959 or 25-27 November 1975. But could also be from the many unofficial royal visits.
    4. Btw, king Haakon of Norway went on a state visit to Germany 15th and 16th December 1906. I would assume Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen was decorated in relation to that event.
    5. Kapitänleutnant Werdt was made knight 1st class of the Royal Norwegian order of St. Olav in 1913, cf. the state calendar of 1914. I cannot find a more accurate date. And two more: Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav in 1906. Sub-lieutenant (leutnant?) Reinhold Knobloch Knight's Cross (2nd Class) of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav in 1905.
    6. So if I get you right, a foreigner made "Gran Oficial" in September 1967, he would only get this star? No neck decoration, only this star?
    7. I'm researching this guy, the Norwegian colonel Hans Nicolay E. Ebbing. I know he was made Grand Officier of the Belgian Order of the crown during the royal Belgian state visit til Norway in 1965. My question is: which insignia would he, as a foreign Grand Officier of the Order of the crown, receive? Would he get only the breast badge of Grand Officier grade? Or said breast badge plus the officier insignia, like in today's French orders? Or would he get the breast star plus the commander's neck badge? He was also made commander first class of the Swedish Order of the Sword. That is the same grade as in the Belgian Order of the crown. I think the Swedish award happened some time between 1968 and 1973, but here I'm not sure. As a foreigner in that period, what insignia of the order would he get? Just this breast star? Or this breast star together with the commander's cross to wear around his neck?
    8. Yes, thank you saxcob. That must be it. Almost like a diplomatic award, given to higher ranking officials the duke met, like state visits of even today. But also very easy to imagine that Engh provided some sort of support: provisions, escorting soldiers, guides, locals to carry stuff and accommodations where they could be found. Thank you!
    9. Yes, the crown is hinged. Seeheld, your database is simply amazing!! Yes, it must be Engh. I found this in the students' yearbook 1892 from 1917, 25 years after they graduated with "examen artium" (high school). They all write about them selves there, what they have been up to since 1892. Related to Congo, It basically says that graduated in Norway as a 2nd lieutenant 1893, he started service in Congo i 1898 as 1st lieutenant. Promoted to captain commandant 1902, and next year began in civilian position, first chef de zone and later commissaire de district. Went back to Norway 1916 and he writes: "I'm not going back to Congo anymore"... Then he lists his decorations: the Belgian order of Leopold and order of the Crown, then the Congolese order of the Lion (sorry, Johan, but not Dutch order of the Lion) and Service star. Then the Order of the Griffon. In Johan's picture, I think Engh is the 2nd guy from the left, white uniform. But the really interesting bit is to show the whole group. Albeit Engh does not lists the grades of his orders, all the five orders and medals he mentions, is in the lot. The commemorative medal (blue ribbon with yellow star) is not mentioned, but the yearbook is from 1917 and he was awarded that one in 1928 or the years after. . The last medal is a masonic medal, I have it here: The very last medal, white ribbon and red edge, is just a coin in a ribbon. This also answers another question I had. Three Belgian orders for Congo, with two showing signs of promotion, gilt Service star indicating 10+ years in Congo, but still not a single medal for service in WW1 or WW2. How would that be possible? With the name and the German order in 1908 we know. First of all, civilians in Congo did not get their own medals in WW1, but they got in WW2. Engh left military service in 1903, and was a civilian during WW1. Therefor no Belgian WW1 medals. But all time there, including as civilian, counted on the Congo Service Star, and probably also his Belgian orders. It all makes sense then... Only one question remaining: how on earth did he end up with an order from Mecklenburg? I guess the citations are lost forever? Why would typically a civil servant in Belgian Congo be decorated by Mecklenburg in 1908?
    10. Hello, A Belgian group with medals and orders for service the the Belgian Congo in the 1920-30-ies, allegedly surfaced at a flee market in Norway some time ago. There might be a Scandinavian connection, since several hundred Scandinavians served in Congo. Anyway, in the lot was also this Order of the Griffon, knight 1st class with crown. It was loose in the lot, but a miniature was mounted together with miniatures of all the other decorations in the lot. Is it possible to say anything about this knight's cross? Era or time period? Numbers awarded? Recipients? Original? Rare? Any information is much appreciated.
    11. As was written on facebook, this is original. But also quite common.
    12. Hello, I have group of Belgian medals awarded for service in Belgian Congo, I think around 1920-30-ies. In the lot was this medal. A heavy medal, text on the red circle saying "L'ere nouvelle" and "Stanleyville (today's Kisangani). There can't be many medals like this one out there, can it? Is it possible to say something about it? Is the number indicating the lodge?
    13. That was a lot of EKs to Swedes! I have found only three Norwegians, and only EKII: - colonel Gudmund Schnitler, military attaché Berlin1917-19 - colonel Ebbe Carsten Morten Astrup, military attaché Berlin and Vienna 1915-17 - commander Christopher Bremer Vahl Meyer, naval attaché Berlin and Vienna 1917-19
    14. Oh yeah, look at that. He even has the Turkish red star. And the 2nd medal from left looks Swedish? But then we know for a fact that honorary EKII 1914 to foreigners did happen, and even to people who where not close to the front lines. Thanks!
    15. Thank you for your feedback on the red cross medals. If the EKII was for some sort of contribution, which is very posible given the red cross medals and his keen interest in Germany, should it not have been on the non-combatant ribbon? If so, could it be that he changed the ribbon to the more common type himself? Maybe he didn't quite understand the differences in the ribbons and thought he as a colonel of course should not have the non-combatant.
    16. I have found no information so far indicating he was injured at the front, but his right eye does look more wonky than on earlier pictures of him. Unless it is just the poor quality of the picture, maybe he did take a blow at the front when he was out and observing, and the Preussians felt a bit sorry for the whole situation and gave him the EKII. I understand than that it was not common for military attachés to be awarded the Iron Cross? What would a more suitable order be? Order of the red eagle? Do you guys agree that the last two medals are Red Cross? Did you order his book about WW1? He wrote several books, and that one is supposed to be one of the better ones. Feel free to report back if you find something intertesting
    17. Helllo, This is the Norwegian (then) lt.col. G.Schnitler, who was the Norwegian military attaché in Berlin from 1917 to 1919. At that time he visited both the eastern and western front, and it is said he vas at the front during the great retreat in France and Belgium in the last stages of WW1. As a military attaché from a neutral country, I really doubt he participated in any fighting. But still, it clearly looks like he is sporting the 1914 EKII, no? And the last two medals on the right are the Preussian Red Cross medals of 2nd and 3rd class, agree? The two medals to the left, are the medal for merit in gold and military journal price medal, both Norwegian.
    18. Very lovely group! I also try to collect Belgian Congo medals and groups, but have had no luck in finding a group to a named individual Scandinavian yet. I would love to see such a list, even more if it would include some Norwegians too :)
    19. This is not fair, you guys have so many, I have none Very nice medals, nevertheless
    20. Hello, I've seen the medal lot who once belonged to Norwegian ambassador Lars Jacob Hvinden Jorstad (1894-1970). My question is whether he was awarded the Officer's or Knight's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta, and which version. In a book from 1937 he states he has been made knight of Order of Polonia Restituta. I can therefore assume he was awarded the 1918-version, right? His miniature group includes the knight's cross (no rosette on ribbon). But among his full size decorations (which were not complete, some were missing; and it cannot be taken for granted that he was awarded these actual orders, they might have been added by a former custodian), was the officer's cross of Order of Polonia Restituta. Hence my question: is it possible to find out whether he was Officer or Knight of Order of Polonia Restituta
    21. Fro what I understand, there is no list matching numbers and names.
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