christerd Posted March 3, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 That pic does not look right. I looks like someone used photoshop to put the awards there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimj Posted March 3, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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