Denmark Danish miniature

[dedehansen]

Hello Gentlemen,

recently I got this nice miniature. IMO it is a Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn

under the reign of kong Frederic VII. It came from a family with name Bock from

the village Nübbel near my hometown Rendsborg. Do there exist awardlist an is it

possible to get further informations ?

[dedehansen]

Reverse

Regards

Andreas

[Great Dane]

Hi Andreas,

Nice purchase. You are right in ID'ing it. Awarded during the reign of King Frederik VII (1848-1863).

The only lists of recipients are the various Court- and State Handbooks (Hof- og Statskalenderen), but they are not 100% accurate (e.g. if a recipient received the award and then died in between two volumes of the handbook, he wouldn't be in there).

Unfortunately I don't have my handbooks at hand...

A lot of these 'Hæderstegn' were awarded for the first Danish-Prussian war 1848-50 to NCOs and lower ranks (mostly due to a lack of other decorations - officers would receive the knight cross).

And of course, the miniatures were a private purchase.

/Michael

[dedehansen]

Hi Michael,

thanks for yours additional infos, but I don´t think that it was an award for 1848 - 50.

I got the whole lot from 4 - 5 persons from the family Bock and it seems that nothing is missing.

It was told to me that he was a shipbilder on his own shipyard in Nübbel, also there wasn´t

a compain medal for 1848 - 50.

Regards

Andreas

[Great Dane]

One small correction:

It is actually called "Dannebrogsmændenes Hæderstegn" (the name was changed to "Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn" i the 1950s with some changes in the statutes as well).

/Michael