Great Dane

Hi Christer, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the swedish Olympics medal was awarded for 'supporting' functions (helping with the arrangements etc.) and not for actually competing in the games? But a great bar anyway /Michael

Hi David, Very informative website. A work in progress I guess, considering the pages in english, german and a couple of dutch buttons here and there... But a great source of information for an order that I know very little about. Can't wait to see the book P.S: Being a webmaster myself I was wondering: Does the use of secure URLs (https) come with "Google Sites" as default? /Michael

Hi RaZpuTin, Do you have a photo of the reverse? A friend of mine is a SEHO expert and is curious about the lack of a 'rosette' on the lower part of the blue ribbon (between Constanter and Fideliter). Does anyone have an opinion about this? /Michael

Beautiful indeed, Lars Any idea about the recipient? Allow me to show my own humble piece - belonged to a danish Captain who served as naval advisor for the Viceroy of Chihli in China 1903-08. /Michael

Hi Paul, For other readers I'll just note that you're referring to the danish Pro Dania medal No, unfortunately no rolls. The only lead I have is the mention in Lars Stevnsborg's book "Danmarks Riges medaljer og hæderstegn 1670-1990" that it was awarded to people supporting the danish cause during the occupation. This means that the majority of recipients were foreigners - of the 2565 awarded, about 1343 went to Sweden, 597 to USA, 395 to UK, 24 to Norway and 23 to Iceland. The rest to various other countries. Bjørn Prytz seems to be a possible candidate... /Michael

And the whole sentence would then be something like: "During a nightly bombing raid, the pilot was fatally wounded" /Michael

"verunglückte" is my guess... /Michael

Isn't "Kriegmedaillen" plural? Maybe the reference is to them both? /Michael

Beautiful! Thanks a lot! /Michael

Amazing! My list of german princes who received that danish decoration in gold is: Prince Georg Wilhelm of HannoverPrince Albert of Schleswig-HolsteinPrince Johan of Schleswig-HolsteinPrince Julius of Schleswig-HolsteinPrince Friederich of Schaumburg-LippePrince Eduard of Anhalt-DessauSo Albert it seems to be! Thanks a lot Saschaw /Michael

Great pictures Does anyone know who the top bar in the above picture (Graf Klenau lot 6112) belonged to? He has to be a king or a prince or similar, because that danish decoration at the end was only awarded in gold to royalty. I'm trying to track down all the recipients of that specific decoration, so I'll welcome your guesses... /Michael

It looks like the Chilean Order of Merit (probably lowest class). /Michael

Dear Linasl, Before all this gets too un-gentlemanlike, let me just point out a couple of thing that suggests that the "suspicion" may be self-inflicted: 1. You started a lot of posts showing objects from all over the world, and always asking the same very basic question. HINT: This could indicate a seller who doesn't care what he has, but just want some text for his eBay auctions. 2. When someone in here asked why you didn't do any research yourself (even Googling), you claimed that you lived in France and french bookshops didn't have many books about medals/orders (or something similar). Hmm... last time I checked, eBay, Amazon etc. etc. were happy to deliver anything to most parts of the world... So you could be an absolute OK collector/seller (and I'll still be happy to answer any questions you may have on danish ODMs), but you can't really blame the members in here for thinking "What is this guy up to?" Just my 2 cents... /Michael

Congrats! A similar medal was struck for the first Danish-Prussian war 1848-50. Both medals weren't awarded until 1876 because of long winded discussions of whether it was 'appropriate' to award them or not. A shameful affair... one of the arguments for not awarding medals just after the war(s) was that it might offend the Prussians(!) Both the 1848-50 and 1864 medals were awarded approx. 40.000 times each. The medal for participants in both wars were awarded about 3.000 times. The 1848-50 medal has the bust of King Frederik VII on the obverse and '1848-50' on the reverse. The 1864 medal has the bust of King Christian IX on the obverse and '1864' on the reverse. The 1848-50/1864 medal has the busts of King Frederik VII and Christian IX on the obverse and '1848-50 1864' on the reverse. The recipients did have to have been involved in frontline service. Personnel who spend all the time in the reserve force did not receive the medal. /Michael

A quick Google search reveals that Vohenstrauss is in Bavaria, so it seems to be a Veteran's Association medal from Bavaria.

Although I'm danish, I can't help you much but the gun might just have been used for decoration (not unusual on this type of photos). Judging from the style of the photo, I would say it's pre-WWI - probably around 1900... Someone more into uniforms could maybe say more...? /Michael

In that case I think it says "Cercle St. Josse" which makes me think "Belgium"...

Although I can't be 100% sure, it certainly does NOT look danish to me. What is the text at the bottom (and on the button)? /Michael

Hi Linas, Definitely a medal for some Veteran's Association or similar (although I haven't seen this specific type before...) /Michael

Sorry, I meant #2...

The Order of Dannebrog Commander 1. class was awarded to him on 29. March 1922 (so it would be a Christian X type). The medal #3 is definitely not Danish. /Michael

I don't know if it's one of the places already mentioned, but try Stella at 67 Quai de la Tournelle. He normally has a good selection and the prices are not that bad. He has a website, but it only shows a fraction of his stuff: Stella /Michael

I also believe that no. 3 in the first row and the last in the second row are papal decorations... /Michael

Although I'm no expert in Italian medals, AFAIK the crowns determine the class: Grand Cross: 3 gold crowns Grand Officer: 2 gold crowns Commander: 1 gold crown Officer: 1 silver crown Knight: Plain ribbon /Michael

Probably not... the medal above (from swedish Princess Margaretha) got a hammer price of 4000 Euros, so... ahem... /Michael