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    Rick,

    Any idea how a German officer would get a medal from neutral Sweden in 1914?

    Everyone was neutral in June 1914. :cheeky:

    And King Gustav V's pro-German sentiments weren't exactly unknown.

    The usual route was to have some connection with one of the following regiments:

    ? Grenadier-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 3 (colonel-in-chief was King Gustav V of Sweden)

    ? F?silier-Regiment Nr. 34 (colonel-in-chief was Queen Victoria of Sweden and the regiment was raised in former Swedish Pomerania)

    Swedish princes were also ? la suite to several regiments, and often rewarded other officers of those regiments. One of these was the Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustav Adolf, ? la suite to the Baden Life Grenadiers (LGR 109). Baden might seem a little far from Sweden, but Gustav Adolf's uncle, Queen Victoria's brother, was Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden.

    No special reason jumps to mind for von Frobel's award. Possibly a royal visit he helped coordinate.

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    Everyone was neutral in June 1914. :cheeky:

    And King Gustav V's pro-German sentiments weren't exactly unknown.

    The usual route was to have some connection with one of the following regiments:

    ? Grenadier-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 3 (colonel-in-chief was King Gustav V of Sweden)

    ? F?silier-Regiment Nr. 34 (colonel-in-chief was Queen Victoria of Sweden and the regiment was raised in former Swedish Pomerania)

    Swedish princes were also ? la suite to several regiments, and often rewarded other officers of those regiments. One of these was the Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustav Adolf, ? la suite to the Baden Life Grenadiers (LGR 109). Baden might seem a little far from Sweden, but Gustav Adolf's uncle, Queen Victoria's brother, was Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden.

    No special reason jumps to mind for von Frobel's award. Possibly a royal visit he helped coordinate.

    Thanks, Dave. I figured it was probably some royal visit or something.

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    von Frobel's Knight 1st Class of the Swedish Sword Order was gazetted in the Milit?r-Wochenblatt of 25 June 1914. It's in Willi Geile's volume of all such awards, published by Michael Autengruber in 1997.

    And here is the relevant page from the Milit?r-Wochenblatt of 25 June 1914 granting permission for the wear of non Prussian orders. It will be seen that Hauptmann v. Frobel's regimental commander, Oberst Hans Karl von Winterfeldt was awarded the commander's cross of the same order at the same time.

    Regards

    Glenn

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    Hello Mike,

    in case you didn't get a translation of the the first card yet:

    Meinem lieben Kriegskameraden Herrn Leutnant Otto Rost zur freundlichen Erinnerung an gemeinsam verlebte frohe und nette Stunden. H. v. Frobel,1.August 1915

    To my dear war-comrade Leutnant Otto Rost for friendly remembrance of happy and nice hours lived together. H. v. Frobel, August 1/15

    Regards, Hardy

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    wonder if the same person wrote the message on all three postcards--check out the dates--he dots the one's one the last one and not on the first two--that common?? The writting looks different--could the seller be adding a message on the cards??? Mike

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