Finnish Silver Hallmarks: Datable Awards

[Rick Research]

Finland used a Letter-And-Number date code, and here is the list from © Don Chalif's 1982 "Military Pilot & Aircrew Badges of the World."

NOTE: the 1918 date code was NOT used on awards from that year, which were made in SWEDEN, using a similar letter-date but not the same sequence!!!!!

[Rick Research]

Here is a 1918 Medal of Liberty 1st Class, made by Sporrong & Company in Stockholm, Sweden. They made ALL 1918 issue silver MoL medals, as well as the bronze MoL 2nd Class and 1918 War of Independence Medals, which also bore their

"S. & Co." maker's cartouche and the crowned female head that = Stockholm.

Here the "Q7" is the SWEDISH letter-number code for 1918, and the "S" in hexagon = "silver."

[Rick Research]

This "1941" Medal of Liberty 1st Class for the Continuation War of 1941-44 was made in 1942.

Unknown maker's mark "H o/y," 5 pointed crown in triangle (Helsinki?), "813H" is the silver content, H for "Hopea" being "silver" in Finnish, the "canoe" is city mark for Helsinki (found under a 5 pointed crown on some base metal badges), and "N6" as can be seen from the chart above indicated manufacture in 1942.

Other silver medals will also be datable from the letter-number year codes. I have no Finnish Orders in silver or silver gilt to know if the same marks were also used on them.

[kameli]

Rick,

1. maker´s mark "H o/y" means "Hopeatehdas oy"
2. 5 pointed crown in triangle is an official silver mark
3. "813H" means the purity of silver (813/1000)
4. a boat (="canoe") is, as you told, the city mark of Helsinki
5. "N6" is the year mark = 1942.

If you want to know more about finnish silver mark´s, just ask!

I help if I can!


Jussi-Pekka

[prorege1]

Danish medal - Finnish marks

Very interesting post. I have the attached badge in my collection for several years - it's the cross for the Danish volunteers in the Finnish winter war (1940), several of these volunteers subsequently, during world war two, joined either A) The Danish resistance or B) The Danish SS-volunteers on the Eastern front.

This cross was re-issued to the Danish veterans by Danish silver smiths after the corps returned to Denmark in 1940 and have Danish markings, but a few (rare ones) were made in Finland in 1940 and were marked as per the attached.

[prorege1]

Danish cross - front

Pic 2

[prorege1]

Danish SS volunteer

And here you can see the above-mentioned cross on the W-SS uniform of the Danish commander of SS ''Freikorps Danmark'' C.F. von Schalburg KIA 1942 on the Eastern Front.

[Peter J.]

Jussi-Pekka

Maybe you can help me identifying this miniature of a Freedom-cross 1st or 2nd class?

Regards
Peter

[Peter J.]

re sporrong

Here´s a miniature of the 1918 War of Liberation medal. This
piece is made out of iron. Hope you´ll enjoy the beauty of this
little chain.

Regards
Peter

[Peter J.]

chain

[Peter J.]

revers

[Rick Research]

Now THAT's a weird combination, with the Persian awards! (I recognize the Lion and Sun, even though the obverse center appears to have come off, but what is that medal?)

Still, Swedes turn up in the strangest places!

Go down to the Hitzler funeral scan in the thread linked below and the fellow all in white with a sword at far right is NOT Commodore Lipton of the tea bags, but the Swedish police senior instructor for Persia, 1918, drifted across the border to see WHAT those other foreigners were up to!

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=Weirdest

I am glad we have Finnish collectors who can help us with their Terrible Language: a more dreadful barrier than anti-tank ditches or mine fields! Swedish I can mangle, but Finnish grammar.... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhh!

[kameli]

Prorege1

The cross of Danish Volunteers.


The crosses made in Finland by "Hopeatakomo oy" (oy=ltd) in Helsinki.
I'am not sure the first mark in your cross, but if you can send a better can I can maybe say something.
The year mark "L6" means, as you can from Rick's table, the year 1940.

There was also later version which should be fastened with ribbon. As far as I have get information these were made by "Tillander oy" in Helsinki.

The crosses made in Danmark, are they similar as the crosses made in Finland or is there an "F" on the right arm instead of "B" and are thesr crosses same size? I have get information that these crosses were made by "Heimburger" in Copenhagen.


Jussi-Pekka

[kameli]

Peter J,

God kväll!

Only I can say for sure about your scan is hallmark "X5" = 1927.

I'am not sure about colours in your scan, but for me it looks like Cross of Liberty 3rd class (if the svastika is gold coloured) or 4th class (if it is silver).

All the 1918 Liberation war -medals are made of iron.
The makers are:
1. "C.C. Sporrong & Co" in Stockholm: February 1919 20 000 medals, May 1919 10 000 medals (=total 30 000)
2. "Lindman & Tillander" in Finland made the rest.
We have to remember that miniatyre medals could have been made almost anywere, but it looks like that there is some kind of text in your medal?

I hope that help you.

Jussi-Pekka

[kameli]

Rick,

I am surprised you think that our language is difficult.

It is one of the most easiest language in the world!

Jussi-Pekka