Great Dane

Hi Megan,

For the pre-1944 order, it was only the Grand Master who was allowed to wear the Collar of the Order - not even foreign heads of state or Grand Crosses.

I don't know if this was changed after 1944...

/Michael

France - Order of St. Louis.

/Michael

I'm not an expert on finnish (or swedish) decorations and Wrede^*) doesn't mention any numbers, so I don't know.

Maybe one of our finnish or swedish members have some more information?

*) E. F. Wrede "Finlands Utmärkelsetecken" 1946

/Michael

Hi Christophe,

I believe the hallmarks are swedish.

"S&Co" is for "Sporrong & Co" (a swedish jeweller) and Q7 the swedish hallmark for 1918 (a finnish Q7 would mean 1969).

/Michael

Regarding post #2:

Willem Rooseboom is wearing the Danish Order of the Dannebrog on his chest (below the Red Eagle).

He became Commander 2. class of Dannebrog on the 12. February 1896.

He became Grand Cross of Dannebrog on the 3. November 1900.

I don't know if he skipped the Commander 1. class step or if he was awarded that one between 1896 and 1900.

Apparently the photo is from approx. 1896-97.

/Michael

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 Hannover
• Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein
• Prince Johan of Schleswig-Holstein
• Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein
• Prince Friederich of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Prince Eduard of Anhalt-Dessau

So Albert it seems to be!

Thanks a lot Saschaw

/Michael

93. Auktion, Graf Klenau, 08.06.1974

I especially like the first one with the 3 last dinastic commemorative medals...

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...