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    Posted

    Hi!

    Here is my little collection of finnish liberty crosses (Vapaudenristi).

    1918 crosses.

    I still miss VR1 with swords, VR2 without swords, VR3 with red cross and VM1 with red cross.

     

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    1939 crosses.

    Still miss both VR1 with and without swords, VR2 without swords.

    The VM1 medal with red cross is awarded in 34 pieces!

     

     

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    1941 crosses

    I still need both VR1 with and without swords.

    As you can see I have the crosses with both homefront ribbon and war-ribbons.

     

    1941.JPG

    Crosses without year on reverse. Awarded after WW2.

    There are alot of these I miss in my Collection.
    VR1 with and without swords
    VR2 with swords and rosette
    VR3 with red cross (awarded 6 times)
    VR4 with swords and rosette
    VR4 without swords
    And variants of the medals.

    The breast star is awarded in only 7 pieces!

     

     

    Without year.JPG

    Posted

    Could you please post more detailed pictures..? (obverse/reverse)
    - VM 2 with Red Cross 1918
    - VM 1 with Red Cross 1939 :love:
    - Breast Star

    - Vili

    Posted

    Absolutely!

    The VM2 with red cross 1918 is awarded in 623 pieces but really hard to find.

    Bad pics but if you want I can take better ones tomorrow.

     

     

    VM2 PR 1918 Front.JPG

    VM2 PR 1918 Back.JPG

    Posted

    The 1 class breast star is only awarded 7 times after ww2. Extremely rare and as far as I know. Not a single piece have been for public sale ever.

     

     

    Breast star 1956 Front.JPG

    Breast star 1956 Back.JPG

    Posted
      On 06/05/2018 at 10:33, JohanH said:

    Bad pics but if you want I can take better ones tomorrow.

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    Could you also post a picture of VM 1 without date (''URHEUDESTA'')
    Almost impossible to obtain as well... ;)

     

    - V

    Posted

    Sure!

    VM 1 without year is awarded in 579 examples.

    It has taken me some years to get this collection...

    VM1 - Type 1

     

    VM1 Front Typ1.JPG

    VM1 Back Typ 1.JPG

    And VM1 - Type 2

    This particular medal was awarded for service in Afghanistan.

    VM1 Front Typ 2.JPG

    VM1 Back Typ 2.JPG

    Posted (edited)

    Here is a very early and rare 1941 VR3 with oakleaves and swords. Made in 1939 style with raised numbers.

     

    VR3 TL 1941 Front.JPG

    VR3 TL 1941 Detail.JPG

    Edited by JohanH
    Posted

    Fantastic collection Johan :jumping:

    Its nice to see a super  collection of Finnish Awards 

    Compare to collecting German 1939-45 Orders it is dirt cheap to collect Finnsh rare awards . an Knight Cross for example awarded more then 7000 times and manafactured in ?  numbers 10 000??  cost probably 10-15 000 $  

    I suppose the only Finnish awards coming close to that price would be the super rare pieces 

    like Grand Cross of Liberty cross 1918 , Grand Cross of LIberty Cross w/o Swords 1918 or

    1 st Class Liberty Cross with Breast Star 1918 w/swords and 1 st Class Liberty Cross with Breast star w/o swords 1918

    And then we are talking about 1-10 issued awards :o

    For example the rare 1918 3rd class Liberty Cross 1918 with Red Cross , awarded 22 !!

    times was sold 2016 for1400 Euro wich is about the same in $  ..... That would maybe get you a empty Knight Cross box :)

     

     

     

    Posted (edited)

    Hi Christer!

    Yes. The finnish medals are really cheap compared to german awards. But on the other hand alot more difficult to find since the few numbers awarded.

    I have been offered to buy a 1918 grandcross with breaststar with swords. But it was really expensive. You could buy several knights crosses for the same money.

    The VR3 red cross you are talking about, is it the one that got sold at Künker in Germany? If it is that one, I was one of the bidders. I had just started to collect finnish medals at that time and wasn´t sure about the prices.

     

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    Nice medalbar Joanvara!

    Do you have the name of the person who received them?

    That red cross medal is awarded in 861 pieces, but I don´t know how many with red/white compared to yellow/red ribbon.

    Edited by JohanH
    Posted

    I'm sorry, but I do not know , I bought it many years ago,I am collecting only red cross this is my Finland collection

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    Posted

    Nice collection!

     

    Is that a VM2 1939 miniature? They are kind of rare.

    The liberty medals with red cross 1939 was only awarded VM1 in 34 pieces and VM2 in 241 pieces.
    But for some reason the VM1 miniature seem to be alot more common than VM2.

    I might have an extra VM2 1941 with document if you are interested? PM if you are.

    Posted

    Liberty crosses without swords and with blue enamel is civilian crosses. 

    Crosses with red cross is always awarded without swords. There are two exceptions that I know of. One VR2 1939 and one VR3 or VR4 (I don’t remember) without year that was awarded recently by mistake. It was supposed to be without swords but they didnt correct it for some reason. 

    Posted

    Beautiful collection Johan, it is nice to see so many Liberty Crosses on display! :) 

    I am curious as to who manufactured your Grand Cross. Thanks! 

    Posted

    Thank you stormrider! 

    I have only collected the last there years or so. But I am fortunate enough to have good connections. 

     

    I have no Idea who manufactured the grand crosses. If its german made or by A Tillander. 

     

    The earliest Liberty crosses are made in german i think. 

    The grand cross is not in my collection. They are way to expensive for me. I only have the medalj in the pictures. And some duplicates for trade/sale. 

    Posted (edited)

    Hehe, thank you Hans!

    It´s getting more and more difficult (and more and more expensive) to get the ones I need to complete my collection...

     

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    Here is a really rare widow-cross from 1939 but made as a 1941 cross with engraved year.
    I have never before seen this variation.

     

    Sorgekors_Variant.JPG

    Sorgekors_Variant_Detalj.JPG

    Edited by JohanH
    • 2 weeks later...
    Posted

    Thanks Christophe!

     

    Here is my latest purchase! A medalbar awarded to a Swedish doctor.
    VR3 1941 with red cross, TsMM in iron for foreigners and contiunation war medal.

     

    Medalbar Front.JPG

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