Sweden, Kingdom. A Royal Order of the Sword, Grand Cross Star in Gold, 1923 Auction 5mm wide red colored thread

5mm wide red colored thread

McNiven signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 39th Infantry Battalion

Bismarck in pencil

the seven ships finished in battleship gray

RZM M9/238 and “BRÜDER SCHNEIDER A

Sweden, Kingdom. A Royal Order of the Sword, Grand Cross Star in Gold, 1923 Auction 5mm wide red colored thread(Kungliga Svrdsorden). Instituted in 1748. In silver, a large Maltese cross with large ball finials and three smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion in Gold, featuring a central blue disc with three crowns and a Gold sword, with a Gold crown atop each set of smooth rays, the reverse offers a vertical pin assembly, marked CFC denoting Carlman manufacture, with V7 date mark indicating 1923, with Swedish silver hallmarks as well, measures