Great Dane

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)

Not necessarily German... I have a few of these with the wrong 'closed' crown - one with a French hallmark on the reverse. The fact that the Commander's cross has the legend (GUD OG KONGEN) from the front of the knight badge and the W with an open crown from the back of the badge (and not the C5 with a closed crown) confuses many foreign jewellers.

I saw that too, and just like you it made me sad. I also realize that not only does it maximize profit, but in this case (most are to the same person) it would probably be hard to sell the combined lot, since it would demand a price that only few collectors could afford. Still sad... at least they could have kept each award with its document.

Most likely a Danish recipient. The Dannebrog Silver Merit Cross was only rarely awarded to foreigners.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kürassier-Regiment_„Graf_Gessler“_(Rheinisches)_Nr._8 Konrad v. Lüttichau is listed as commander of the regiment 1891-1896 (assuming he is your guy?) Not much else to find about him...

I read "FELDM", not "FLDM"...

I looked at my many printed Thies catalogues and none of them show any English text on the cover (I have lots more digital Thies catalogues, but for some reason Thies never include the cover page in their downloads) So maybe this is some promotional flyer, like you say?

Now, that is just bragging Quite a collection for something that is not your main interest.

Very nice indeed... what a collection! Thanks for the close-up of the Danish Medal of Recompense. So nice he had it named!

Interesting mix for sure. A small correction: 8. Sweden. Order of the Sword silver cross

I don't have that official report, but a similar list can be found in Peter Frederiksen's "Jutlandia - Danmark i Korea-krigen". It was published in 2009, so may be easier to find. It lists medical and naval personnel, but (as far as I can see) omits those that were decorated with the Jutlandia medal for their support work on shore (Danes as well as foreigners). Hope this helps... UPDATE: I just realized I have the Annex G from the official report in a digital format. If you want me to send it to you, PM me with your email address.

Came across this (undoubtedly real) mini VC. It does not seem to have attachment holes. Mini VC on Noonans Mayfair

Just checked my miniature (which may actually be the full size... it is 16 x 28 mm) and it says F. VERNON.

Yes, the one you show is an official medal. But as I mentioned earlier, I once saw the 'twin' medal to the one with Queen Louise. Same size, same crown, same oval shape, but with Christian IX. So I thought that could also be a Vernon design.