christerd Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 This card landed in my mailbox yesterday It shows a Swedish Ship Captain Johan Ernfrid Österman , age 89 1950 så born 1861 He has the Swedish Queen Victoria Gold Medal and a Hohenzollern House Order ... What could lead to a civilian Swedish sailor get this order. Any thoughts ? I haven´t found anything yet on him on the net , but keep on looking. Christer
Paul C Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 That pic does not look right. I looks like someone used photoshop to put the awards there.
christerd Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 Yes it looks much better in " real life" I have seen this postcard before and its really from the 1950s so well before all computers I found on the internet that there is some articles written about him in different old books but I have to find them to know more. It can of course be an old joke and he just borrowed a HHO to looks cooler A mysterie that need an answer ..... Christer
kimj Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Seem to have been a character. Here is more info: (only in Swedish) http://hhif.se/images/hhif/pdf/Ostermans-ode.pdf Based on what the text say I'd guess his awards are all "self-awarded".... /Kim
christerd Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 Aha , Thanks KIm Just what I was looking for , he was never awarded any order at all what I can find out , but sold theese cards with himself Where he got the order is unknown , but for sure it wasn´t hes Case closed Christer
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