Stogieman Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Found some more photos! Here's the reverse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Another view of the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 The Finnish Commemorative Medal for the Liberation war was awarded from late January 1919 so most peoplehad got them in 1930s but as said earlier I now they where awarded at least until 1937. About Finnish Liberty Cross II Class 1941 to Germans : I don´t have tthe awarded numbers to Germans , there where 1160 awarded in total and I have the names of 28 Germans with 2nd class. Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegsmarine Admiral Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 19. 06. 2013. at 21:52, Daniel Krause said: @miko :-) Who is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Very Interesting picture ! Is it a WW 1 uniform ? Than the Finnish Cross should be a 1918 version and was only 44 such cross awarded Could it be Louis Leisler Kiep ? What rank ? Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misiu Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Of course it is Kiep :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Kapitänleutnant on 11.11.1911. Char. als Korvettenkapitän a.D. on 24.11.1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (Posted it in the HHOX thread, but thought it would be good to have it here as well) Chance find: a number of Finnish awards nicely together From Kölner Local-Anzeiger, 2.6.1918 And death notice to: Lt zS Bruno Blank From Arnsberger Zeitung, Okt 1918 Finnish award to Jäger Bernhard Knüfing. From Münsterischer Anzeiger, 13.9.1918 Finnish Freiheitskreuz 2nd class to Divisionspfarrer Kreutz. From Freiburger Zeitung, 4.6.1918 Anton Ilting, Flugzeug-Obermatrose, from Bocholt. Should probably read Medal of Liberty, not Cross: From Münsterischer Anzeiger, 17.8.1918 Finnish golden bravery medal to Unteroffizier Paul Pollscheit from Rastenburg. From Königsberger Hartungsche Zeitung, 14.6.1918 And Hindenburg + Ludendorff, July 1918: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) Bit hard to read: Finnish Cross (Medal?) of Liberty 2nd class to Unteroffizier and Offiziersaspirant Otto Lenuweit from Groß Puskeppeln (?) Kreis Ragnit From Königsberger Hartungsche Zeitung, 28./29. August 1918 This is probably the Medal, not the Cross 1st cl, to Gefr Hellmut Hoffmann. From Freiburger Zeitung, 19.8.1918 Not sure what exactly the "Finländische Befreiungsband" is meant to be, but Musketier Heinrich Overwaul from IR 255 is credited with it: From Münsterischer Anzeiger, 9./10.10.1918 Edited February 15, 2021 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 wow , Thanks for the new info , that was an unknown source to me ? christer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Medal of Liberty 1st class to Gefreiter Ernst Wollenberg from Kreis Graudenz: From Die Presse (Thorn), 22.6.1918 Same (probably) to Ulanen-Gefreiter Paul Wrobbel from Langenau: From Die Presse (Thorn), 3.8.1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Another one from the 1st Garde Ulanen, Willy Klein. Bromberger Zeitung, 27.11.1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Not sure if this has been posted before: here is the link to the digitized 1918 journal "Suomi Finnland: Nachrichtenblatt für das deutsche Militär in Finnland": https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN780157494&PHYSID=PHYS_0001 It also mentions Finnish awards to Germans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Polizeihauptwachtmeister Paul Beyer -Medal of Liberty 1st Class, 1918 -Commemorative Medal of the War of Liberation, 1918 I think this is Beyer's bar, can anyone help to confirm? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misiu Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Impossible to say. Could be anyone‘s medal bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, misiu said: Impossible to say. Could be anyone‘s medal bar. I see that’s a very common set of awards apart from the Finnish ones. May I ask is there a rough estimation how many Germans got the medal of liberty 1st class and the commemorative medal? Edited May 10, 2021 by lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misiu Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Also the Finnish awards are very Common. Sorry, no list known to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Luftwaffe Oberst Carl Seber 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Simius Rex said: I think if Rick L saw this bar, he would say "Tuck those suspension rings underneath the ribbons" based on various statements of his. You know what, I gonna try it, for Rick ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Mattyboy said: Luftwaffe Oberst Carl Seber ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Another mentioning of a Finnish award to a German: Obermatrose Karl Petry From General-Anzeiger für Stettin und die Provinz Pommern, 26.10.1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleksiL Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hi guys. I recently bought 1918, 1st class cross of liberty. Belonged to a german veteran. But it is an replacement from the 1920s by godet because the original went missing. How many of the 33 germans who got the 1st class wouldve ordered a custom made for the lost one? Theres one example in Jani tiainens Kunniamerkit book. I also asked Jani and he told me it is also made by godet but mine is a bit better quality. Ive got it with the 1918 freedoms medal etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misiu Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Sorry, I can not help you although I also have one made by Godet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I picked this up in a box lot of items . I believe Finnish medal is hallmarked issue piece from Sweden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Nice one Scott, and that is a Swedish award example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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