christerd Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Hi all. just want to show some rather interesting pics, theese are some of the Swedish soldiers who fought in wars in other countriesFirst out is Conrad Victor Ancarcrona born 1823 and died 1912 he fought in the Danish navy in the German-Danish war in 1849!Nice uniform and orders Next one has one of the longest name I?ve seen .... He is Count Sixten Oscar Cecile Charles Emile Lewenhaupt and was sergeant at 2nd French Guards rgt in German-France war 1870-1871 born 1849-died 1916 Third one is Lt Gunnar Julius Bergstr?m who was participating in the Finnish civil war 1918 , you can see two Finnish Liberty crosses on his chest 3rd and 4th class. more to come Christer
christerd Posted December 31, 2008 Author Posted December 31, 2008 Here is an interesting character, he name is Carl Mauritz Belfrage he was a Swedish Leutnant 31 Dec 1914 and left and joined the German army I think he deserves a own page. Joined the Inf Rgt 162 L?beck 4th July 1915 Leutnant in Rgt 9th Sept 1915 Ek II 10th Nov 1915 EK I 28th Nov 1916 Capt 5th Oct 1916 Old FAO II 6th Dec 1916 Old FAO I 6th Dec 1916 Inf Rgt 76 Hamburg 1st April 1918 ended service in Germany 31 March 1920 He also got Hamburg Cross during spring 1918 Fought in Arras 1915, Somme 1916, Yser, Cambrai among others died 1st May 1940
christerd Posted December 31, 2008 Author Posted December 31, 2008 Here is another fighter from a far away war. During 1911-1915 Sweden had some officers stationed in Persia acting as Police force some of them earned the EK II and EK I during this time Here is one of the officers Maj Hugo Oscar Skj?ldebrand (Major at Persian Gendarmerie) Next in line is Col Allan Robert Uggla he was Colonel in Persian Gd All the best from Sweden if you are interested I have more photos Christer
Great Dane Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Hi Christer,Very nice photos indeed!I see that Conrad Victor Ancarcrona wears his Danish Participation Medal for the 1848-50 Prussian-Danish war (far right on his chest on the photo).This seems to be all the thanks he got... no Dannebrog Knight or Dannebrog Silver Cross for bravery...I like the officers with the Persian orders - please show me more if you have.../Mike
Great Dane Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Or is that a Dannebrog Silver Cross hiding partly behind his Vasa breast star?/Mike
Great Dane Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Out of curiosity I looked him up (read: browsed through endless lists of names written in fracture script and listed by date...) and found him:Denmark, Dannebrog Grand Cross: 17. September 1884Denmark, Dannebrog Silver Cross: 24. April 1898So it is quite an interesting photo showing a foreigner wearing the Dannebrog Silver Merit Cross (normally reserved for Danes, the Royal Family and 'special circumstances').Especially interesting because he didn't earn it during the 1848-50 war where the Dannebrog Silver Cross was used as a bravery decoration - mostly because we had nothing else.../Mike
kimj Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) Impressive pics Christer! If you want to share more I'd be more than happy. Mike: C.V. Ancarcrona got more than the grand cross. He was also a holder of the Order of the Elephant too. In the war of 1849 he was a "secundl?jtnant" on the "Skjold" and later on the "Eidern". Later in life he was a big fish at the royal court./Kim Edited December 31, 2008 by kimj
Great Dane Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Kim,Ooh... interesting... do you have a date for the Elephant award? It must be between 1904 and 1912?/Mike
Stefan Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) All the best from Sweden if you are interested I have more photosDo elks sh#t in the woods? :-)Please, post more pictures...Happy new year!!//Stefan Edited December 31, 2008 by Stefan
kimj Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 I don't have the year of the awarding. It's not mentioned in the army list of 1901, but is mentioned in the order book printed in 1907. That's about as close as I can get without digging in other places./Kim
christerd Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) Happy New year everyone! Here is some other fighters. First Boris Fredrik Gotthard M?ller born 1879 died 1963 Colonel in Persian Service And next one is Ernst Mattias Peter von Vegesack who fought on the Union side in Americas civil war, he ended up as BrigaderGeneral in the Union Army! Edited January 1, 2009 by christerd
christerd Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 Another Swedish Officer serving in Persia; Colonel Ivan Folke
Christian J Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 Great pictures. Where have you picked all these up?Stefan - Post your(s). You know the one I'm talking about. :(
Stefan Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Great pictures. Where have you picked all these up?Stefan - Post your(s). You know the one I'm talking about. Ok, here is my latest finding. Pousette was in Persia and then fought with the Germans on the Turkish front. He also got some non-combat Finnish medals - the white rose and a "civil guard" medal.//Stefan
Stefan Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 And here is Hjalmarson, the first commander of the Persian Gendarmerie. In the photo he is wearin his Finnish uniform. He took his own life in 1919.//Stefan
Guest Rick Research Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Belfrage's L?beck Hanseatic Cross was awarded 25.11.16 as Hauptmann in IR 162. No notation that he was not German!!!! :cheers:
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