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    I thought I would show you some Swedish military photos for a change rolleyes.gif
    Here is three young officers around 1st world War. All three of them was to stay in the Army and at least one of them got to the top !
    All three was working as adjutants to the king at some time.

    It is interesting to see what kind of Orders theese men could get.

    First out is:

    Nils Axel David von Heine born 1889 and first become officer 31 Dec 1909 in Inf Guards Rgt 1

    Lieutenant 29 March 1912 , in 1921 he has Knight of Italian Crown Order
    Captain 7 dec 1923 in 1928 he has Knight of Belgium Leopold Order
    in 1933 he has Knight of Swedish Order of the Sword, Commander of Latvian Three stars Order,
    Knight of Norweigan St Olof Order


    Col Lt 1 July 1937 1939 he also have Knight of the Swedish North Star Order, Commander of Belgium Leopold Order

    Col 1 Oct 1948 1949 he also have Commander Danish Dannebrog Order 2nd grade

    In 1949 he belongs to the reserve.

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    The nest young man hade some military experience , I belive he was in Finland 1939 or 1941 I have to go deeper in the archives to find out.

    But her he is, Axel Fredrik Carlos Adlercreutz born 1890

    Started of his carreer as an officer 31 Dec 1912

    Lieutnant 24 April 1915 in Inf Guards Rgt 1

    Captain 4 Dec 1925 (and no awards this far)

    Major 28 April 1933 and in 1933 he have been with foreign forces witout fighting for 26 months?

    in 1934 he have Knight of Swedish Order of the Sword, Knight of Finland White Rose Order,

    Knight of France Honour Legion

    ColLt 11 Sept 1936 the he also have Knight of Swedish Wasa Order, Commander Danish Dannebrog

    Order 2nd grade, Commander Finland White Rose Order 2nd grade, Commander of

    Netherlands Oranje Nassau Order with swords, Commander Norway St:Olof Order

    2nd grade, Finnish Civil Guard Cross of Merit

    Colonel 24 March 1939 He also have in 1949

    Commander Swedish Order of Sword 2nd gr, Knight of Swedish North Star Order,

    Commander Latvia Order of Three Stars, Commander Poland Resituta Order 2 class,

    Commander German Eagle Order,

    Commander Hungary Order of Merit, Off of France Legion of Honour, Finland Liberty Cross 1st class with

    swords, Finland Liberty Cross 2nd class ws, Finnish medal for air protection.

    Would have been nice to see a pic of that decorated chest in 1949 :cheeky:

    Christer

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    last one at finally some Orders !!

    Let me present Hugo Montgomery Cederskiold born in 1878

    First Officer 9 Dec 1898 In Inf Guard Rgt 1

    Lieutnant 30 Jan 1903 In 1910 He has the following Decorations

    Swedish Medal for the late King Oscar Gold Jubilee Wedding, Swedish Medal for the new King Gustav

    Silver Jubilee Wedding! , Order of the Z?hringen Lion 2nd class w oakleafs, Knight Danish Dannebrog Order

    Captain 12 April 1912 This photo must be from 1912-1915 I think

    In 1921 he also have Knight of the Swedish Order of the Sword, off Great Britains Victoria

    Order, Knight of Greece Liberty Order, Knight Oldenburg House Order, Preussen Crown Order

    3 class.

    ColLt 4 June 1926 In 1928 he also have Knight of the Swedish Wasa Order, Knight French Honour Legion, Finnish Civil

    Guards Merit Cross

    Colonel 23 May 1930 In 1933 he have Commander Swedish Order of the Sword 2nd gr, Knight Swedish North Star Order,

    Knight Swedish Wasa Order, Commander Belgium Leopold Order, Commander Finland White Rose Order

    2nd gr, Commnader Norweigian St:Olof Order, Commander Spanish Military Merit Order w white cross

    Gen Maj 1 July 1937 1939 he have Commander 1st class Swedish Order of the Sword, Romanian Grand Cross Order of

    the Crown , Commander Danish Dannebrog order 1st class, Commander Noweigian St:Olof Order with

    Breast Star

    And in 1949 still beeing GenMaj he also got Commander Grand Cross Order of the Sword, Commander 1 st class Swedish Order

    of Wasa , Commander Great Britain Empire Order 1st class.

    He was GenLt in 1952 and General 1963 ( 85 years old ) !!

    A looong carreer for a young officer

    Christer

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    The nest young man hade some military experience , I belive he was in Finland 1939 or 1941 I have to go deeper in the archives to find out.

    But her he is, Axel Fredrik Carlos Adlercreutz born 1890

    Started of his carreer as an officer 31 Dec 1912

    Lieutnant 24 April 1915 in Inf Guards Rgt 1

    Captain 4 Dec 1925 (and no awards this far)

    Major 28 April 1933 and in 1933 he have been with foreign forces witout fighting for 26 months?

    in 1934 he have Knight of Swedish Order of the Sword, Knight of Finland White Rose Order,

    Knight of France Honour Legion

    ColLt 11 Sept 1936 the he also have Knight of Swedish Wasa Order, Commander Danish Dannebrog

    Order 2nd grade, Commander Finland White Rose Order 2nd grade, Commander of

    Netherlands Oranje Nassau Order with swords, Commander Norway St:Olof Order

    2nd grade, Finnish Civil Guard Cross of Merit

    Colonel 24 March 1939 He also have in 1949

    Commander Swedish Order of Sword 2nd gr, Knight of Swedish North Star Order,

    Commander Latvia Order of Three Stars, Commander Poland Resituta Order 2 class,

    Commander German Eagle Order,

    Commander Hungary Order of Merit, Off of France Legion of Honour, Finland Liberty Cross 1st class with

    swords, Finland Liberty Cross 2nd class ws, Finnish medal for air protection.

    Would have been nice to see a pic of that decorated chest in 1949 :cheeky:

    Just found out that he was head of military intellingence during second world war !

    Christer

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    Outstanding picture of Hugo Montgomery there!!!

    I assume ythe archives are intact. Any chance you can have a peek at his file?

    Also, are there any books on Swedes in the Ethiopian army, especially the Italian Fascist invasion?

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    :cheers:

    Here is a little update on Gen Hugo Montgomery Silverschi?ld (as you can see most Swedish awards was awarded 6 June = Swedish National Day :D )

    Born 25 sept 1878

    Sergeant at Guards Ing Rgt 1 10 Aug 1897

    NCO 15 Aug 1898

    2nd Lieutnant 9 Dec 1898

    Lieutnant 30 Jan 1903

    Knight Danish DDO 31 Oct 1903

    Silver Wedd medal 1906

    Knight Bad ZLO July 1909

    Captain 12 Apr 1912

    Knight OLD HFO w Crown 1912

    Preuss Crown O 3 cl 1912

    Knight Swords O 6 June 1919

    Knight Greece Lib O 1920

    GB Vic O 1920

    Major 10 July 1921

    Knight Wasa O 6 June 1924

    Knight French HL 1926

    Col Lt 4 June 1926

    Knight North Star O 10 Dec 1928

    Col 23 May 1930

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    Com 2nd cl Swords O 16 June 1933

    Com 1 st cl Swords O 6 June 1936

    Gen Maj 30 Apr 1937

    Com 1st cl Wasa O 6 June 1941

    Com 2nd cl Belgium Leop O 1941

    Com 2nd cl Finnish VR O 1941

    Com Norway St:O O w Crown 1941

    Com 2 cl Spanish MN O w white cross 1941

    Grand Cross Rumanian Crown O 1941

    Com 1st cl Danish DDO 1941

    Finnish Civil Guards MC 1941

    Com Grand Cross Swords O 6 June 1945

    Com GB Empire O 22 Mar 1948

    Gen Lt (reserve) 12 Dec 1952

    Com Grand Cross Norway S:T O 1953

    Com Grand Cross Netherland OH O Apr 1955

    Com Grand Cross Finnish Lion O 2 Oct 1956

    Gen 5 May 1963

    Died 17 March 1968 in Stockholm

    And as a little :off topic: but to answer your question Ulsterman , there is a book by Lars Ericson

    " Svenska Frivilliga" ISBN 91-88930-00-9 which have a little info about Swedish officers in Ethiopia 1934-1935

    Its in Swedish of course, but if you want I can translate the little there is and mail you.

    In short thre was 5 Swedish officers in Ethiopia : Capt Wiking Tamm, Lt Bouveng, Lt Heuman, Lt Thorburn and Lt Nyblom.

    Best Regards Christer

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    :cheers:

    Here is a little update on Gen Hugo Montgomery Silverschi?ld (as you can see most Swedish awards was awarded 6 June = Swedish National Day :D )

    Born 25 sept 1878

    Sergeant at Guards Ing Rgt 1 10 Aug 1897

    NCO 15 Aug 1898

    2nd Lieutnant 9 Dec 1898

    Lieutnant 30 Jan 1903

    Knight Danish DDO 31 Oct 1903

    Silver Wedd medal 1906

    Knight Bad ZLO July 1909

    Captain 12 Apr 1912

    Knight OLD HFO w Crown 1912

    Preuss Crown O 3 cl 1912

    Knight Swords O 6 June 1919

    Knight Greece Lib O 1920

    GB Vic O 1920

    Major 10 July 1921

    Knight Wasa O 6 June 1924

    Knight French HL 1926

    Col Lt 4 June 1926

    Knight North Star O 10 Dec 1928

    Col 23 May 1930

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    Com 2nd cl Swords O 16 June 1933

    Com 1 st cl Swords O 6 June 1936

    Gen Maj 30 Apr 1937

    Com 1st cl Wasa O 6 June 1941

    Com 2nd cl Belgium Leop O 1941

    Com 2nd cl Finnish VR O 1941

    Com Norway St:O O w Crown 1941

    Com 2 cl Spanish MN O w white cross 1941

    Grand Cross Rumanian Crown O 1941

    Com 1st cl Danish DDO 1941

    Finnish Civil Guards MC 1941

    Com Grand Cross Swords O 6 June 1945

    Com GB Empire O 22 Mar 1948

    Gen Lt (reserve) 12 Dec 1952

    Com Grand Cross Norway S:T O 1953

    Com Grand Cross Netherland OH O Apr 1955

    Com Grand Cross Finnish Lion O 2 Oct 1956

    Gen 5 May 1963

    Died 17 March 1968 in Stockholm

    And as a little :off topic: but to answer your question Ulsterman , there is a book by Lars Ericson

    " Svenska Frivilliga" ISBN 91-88930-00-9 which have a little info about Swedish officers in Ethiopia 1934-1935

    Its in Swedish of course, but if you want I can translate the little there is and mail you.

    In short thre was 5 Swedish officers in Ethiopia : Capt Wiking Tamm, Lt Bouveng, Lt Heuman, Lt Thorburn and Lt Nyblom.

    Best Regards Christer

    How come he was called "Tattar-Hugo"? (Tattare=derogatory name for gypsies)

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    And as a little :off topic: but to answer your question Ulsterman , there is a book by Lars Ericson

    " Svenska Frivilliga" ISBN 91-88930-00-9 which have a little info about Swedish officers in Ethiopia 1934-1935

    Its in Swedish of course, but if you want I can translate the little there is and mail you.

    In short thre was 5 Swedish officers in Ethiopia : Capt Wiking Tamm, Lt Bouveng, Lt Heuman, Lt Thorburn and Lt Nyblom.

    Best Regards Christer

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    Hi Christer,

    Magnificent photo of Cederschi?ld (why do you call him Silverschi?ld later?).

    Allow me to make some corrections. According to my books he was decorated with the Danish Dannebrog as:

    Knight 31 Oct 1903

    Com 1st cl 22 May 1935

    (I can't find his Com 2nd cl award date - in 1932 he was still Knight, so maybe he jumped a step...)

    Grand Cross 24 Mar 1952

    /Mike

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    Hi Ulsterman and Mike

    I will try to translate the text i can get and mail you Ulsterman :)

    And Mike yoy are right... I did called him Silverski?ld???? I think I have read to many old military rolls recently :D

    Thanks for the dates on the Dannebrog Ordern :beer:

    I?ll be back

    Christer

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    Here is a couple of more Swedish soldier from 1900-1910 approx

    I think these two are Hussars from K 7 The Crown Prince Hussars 1757-1927

    Very nice uniforms in those days

    The second two are also Hussars , the left one I believe is from K 1 1806-1927

    and the other soldier on the right is probably from K 5

    Christer

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    But Sweden didn´t only have Privates they also had Officers with great facial hair ;)

    Here is a gallery of Hair , sorry meant Officers

    Colonel Carl Rosenblad born 1854 and started his career as 2nd Leut 1874 , and Colonel 1904

    Here he is with some of his awards which were many ....

    Sweden Com 1st Order of the Sword

    Italy Off 1st Order of the Crown

    Baden 1st class Order of Zaeringen Loewen

    Preussen Knight 2nd Red Eagle Order

    Norway Com 1st S:t Olofs Order

    Finland Com 1st White Rose Order

    Russia Knight 2nd S:t Stanislaus Order w Star

    England Com 1st Royal Victorian Order

    and of course a great mustache :cheeky:

    Christer

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    Next one is GenMaj Gustaf Adolf Nyblaeus born 1853 and officer 1874

    He also could show some awards : Sweden Com 1st Order of the Sword

    Denmark Com 1st Dannebrog Order

    Belgium Com 2nd Leopold Order

    Russia Knight 2nd S:t Stanislaus Order

    Bavaria BMVO 1st cl

    Austria J Crown Order 3rd cl

    Preussen Red Eagle Order IV

    Preussen Crown Order 3rd cl

    Christer

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    And some more :

    Col Axel Ferdinad Bergman von Schinkel born 1866 and officer 1889

    Not that much of a mustache or awards

    Sweden Knight Order of the Sword

    Sweden Knight Order of the North Star

    France Off Legion Honor

    But still a nice uniform I think

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    And the last one for today ,

    GenLt Olof Bernard Malm , born 1851 off 1872 , GenLt in the Reserve 1920

    Great look , almost Prussian looking guy ...

    Sweden Com 1st Order of the Sword

    Sweden Knight Order of the North Star

    France Off 1st Order Honor Legion

    Preussen 1 st cl Order Red Eagle

    Russia 1st cl Order S:t Anna

    Denmark 1st cl Order Dannebrog

    Hope you liked them

    Christer

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    Here is a couple of more Swedish soldier from 1900-1910 approx

    I think these two are Hussars from K 7 The Crown Prince Hussars 1757-1927

    Very nice uniforms in those days

    The second two are also Hussars , the left one I believe is from K 1 1806-1927

    and the other soldier on the right is probably from K 5

    Christer

    Hello Christer!

    The two hussars with the dark blue collars are definitely from Kronprinsens husarer, the regiment was garrisoned in Malmö from 1897, which fits the location of the photo studio.

    The other two, well, Skånska husarregementet is most probably correct for the one on the right, it fits with the geographic location too - norra Skåne, or North Scania in English. K1 was the designation for Livgardet till häst, its hussar days were short and in the late 18th Century (Livhusarregementet, 1793-97), so that trooper is not from that regiment! (It did however receive a squadron from Kronprinsens husarer in 1897, but whether they kept their hussar uniforms or not, I do not know.) But... Skånska husarregementet had two squadrons garrisoned in Uppsala from 1908, so if the collar of the third trooper is pale blue... It fits reasonably well with the photo studio in Stockholm too as well as providing a more narrow time frame as to when the photo was made.

    I think we can assume that we're not dealing with a trooper from Livregementets husarer (white collar, silver embroidery), but Smålands husarregemente is however a possibility (yellow collar, gold embroidery).

    /Jonas

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    Very cool. I had no idea Swedes got so many foreign awards gratis.

    It's not surprising in any way, all these officers were on one form of "fast track" or the other. Most of them served with units in the Stockholm area - close to the court and also the first stop for any foreign military visit (always in need of orderly officers during the visit). Some of them were groomed for higher positions and had prosperous careers ending as generals.

    Gustaf Adolf Nyblaeus got his Russian decoration as an orderly officer to Prince Eugen during the funeral of Czar Alexander II. In that particular case Nyblaeus was probably chosen to be Prince Eugen's orderly officer five years before the St Petersburg visit because they served in the same regiment. Nyblaeus also seemed to have a Prussian connection, furthermore he served as an orderly officer during maneuvres in Scania in 1889, a year after he was decorated by both Bavaria and Austria-Hungary!

    One contemporary of Nyblaeus - Fredrik Gustaf Cassel - served much of his career in the same regiment as Nyblaeus (Kungl Livregementets husarer), became colonel and CO (Kungl Smålands husarregemente) a couple of years before Nyblaeus, but still only received the RSO (Knight of the Order of the Sword). An officer being awarded the RSO after some 20 years of service (at the rank of captain) and then nothing more wasn't uncommon.

    /Jonas

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