Great Dane

Another interesting article about an order I have never heard of. Thank you! However, is there a couple of places in your description that say Knot but should have said Ship? "However, the Order of the Knot was destined to have a short existence, similar to the Order of the Knot and the Order of St. George in Hungary." "These original statutes were probably richly illustrated, including depictions of the Order of the Knot. The surviving copies themselves indicate that they are compiled from individual articles of the statutes of the Order of the Knot and the Hungarian Order of St. George..." As a sidenote: Maybe this order was short lived, because the insignia kept getting entangled in one's clothes...

Sure. I'll PM it to you.

Well, according to the note, it was awarded to the father of Heinz Köhler (no 's'). in 1906. I assume it is unnamed like the silver ones normally are?

Unfortunately there is no official list of Pro Dania recipients. However, the Court- and State Calendars show what Danish decorations were bestowed upon foreigners (but not their non-Danish decorations), provided they were awarded some class of the Order of Dannebrog (otherwise they would not be in the calendar). In the above case, we know the recipient received the Knight Cross of Dannebrog, so he would also be listed with the Pro Dania medal. The vast majority of the almost 3000 awarded Pro Dania medals did not receive a class of Dannebrog, so are not listed in the calendars.

Great! Thanks for checking.

Maybe JohanH can help with the mystery? Dymling was awarded the Knight Cross of the Order of Vasa in 1937 (and is listed with that class as late as 1955). Is there any chance he was promoted to Commander of Vasa (and thus he removed it from his miniatures, similar to the Italian Order)? He dies in 1961, so it would have to happen somewhere in 1955-1961.

Svapr, I still think you're on the right track... only the mysteriously missing Vasa Order remains an open end...

Hmm.... hard to decipher, but here is the list of Finnish year codes (provided it was manufactured in Finland) The "813H" in the second photo is the silver mark.

I have compiled a list of 61 Swedes who received the Knight Cross of Dannebrog during the reign of Christian X (1912-1947) and received the Danish Pro Dania medal. I took the list from the 1950 Court- and State Calendar to allow for some potential 'late arrivals' of the Pro Dania. You can compare those names with other lists you may encounter. I will PM you.

Unfortunately, none of those are in the list (I checked 1950 and 1951 as well). I also checked both AKERMALM and ÅKERMALM (which is probably the correct spelling).

Interesting group. Yes, the Dannebrog order was probably returned after the death of the recipient. A couple of observations: - Swedish recipient - From 1930-50 period - Military connection (the White Lion order with swords)? The Danish Court- and State Calendars will list Danish (and Icelandic) awards to foreigners, and in the 1948-49 version (the 2 years were combined), the no. of Swedish recipients of the Dannebrog Knight cross who also received the Danish Pro Dania medal is about 60-70 persons. The Dannebrog could not have been awarded at a later date, since it is the King Christian X version (i.e. from 1912-1947) as shown on the miniatures. If you're really stuck exploring other venues, I can create a list for you of possible candidates (it will be a manual process).

A lot of French cities/counties used a mural crown on local decorations. One example is the many local life-saving medals. My money is on a local French issued decoration with similar award criteria as the Academic Palms.

Very nice bar! Unfortunately no lists exist for the Danish medal. The gold version was often named on the rim, so some lists were kept. Generally the medal of recompense could be awarded at the sovereign's discretion - often during state visits - and were rarely documented.

No, not Danish... The only decoration that comes to my mind is the Austrian Red Cross. Any maker on the button itself?

Could it be the Order of the Crown from Iran/Persia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Iran)