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-1xxx  GC/Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S467x
Date       : 1xxx
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In certain rare cases, a person could be awarded an brillianted Order of the Sword. This usually occurred if the person had done something personal for the King or the royal family. Unlike the ordinary insignia, the brilliant insignia had a special status: on the one hand, the insignia was personal property and did not have to be returned to the King on the death of the holder, and on the other hand, the holder would also wear the lower ranks even if a higher one had been awarded.

The following persons have received the Swedish brillianted order of the Sword:

• Frederik Wilhelm Stabell, riddare med briljanter, 1814.
• Magnus Brahe, kommendör med stora korset med briljanter, 1830.
• Robert Fredrik von Kraemer, riddare med briljanter, 1834.
• Gustaf Adolf Fleming, riddare med briljanter, 1834.
• Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel Jarlsberg, riddare med Briljanter.
• Andrej Andrejovitj Bodisco, riddare med briljanter, 1838.
• Pehr Gustaf Hjelm, riddare med briljanter, 1839.
• Erik August Lewenhaupt, riddare med briljanter, 1843.
• Axel Gabriel Leijonhufvud, riddare med briljanter, 1863.
• Carl Adolf Melcher Lagerfelt, riddare med briljanter, 1882.

-1771.01.17  GC/Commander Star-

Height (mm): 119
Width  (mm): 55
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Tracking # : S524x
Date       : 1771.01.17
Knight #   : 

Badge of the Order of the Sword Main bar: ‘Commander's Cross of the Order of the Sword. white enamelled gold star, in the angles gold crowns, at the top royal crown; in the centre of the obverse a button of blue enamel with an upright sword ...
NAME Badge of the Order of the Sword PRECISE NAME Commanders' Cross IDENTIFIER NM.0074480 INDEXING TERM SOCIETY : Official Orders HEIGHT CROSS WITH CROWN AND EYE 11 cm LENGTH BAND 28.5 cm WIDTH BAND 5. 5 cm
MATERIALS Metal Enamel COLOUR Yellow (the band) Blue (the edges of the band) TECHNIQUES Enamelling Gilding
History: USE 1794 (1794 AFTER)
USER Sprengtporten, (Jacob Wilhelm tja ) Johan Wilhelm (1720-1795) had K(mstk)SO 1771
PLACE OF USE Sweden Södermanland Villåttinge hd Hyltinge Sparreholm ACCESSION 1892 (189206) SELLER TO MUSEUM Hammer, Christian SELLER TO MUSEUM, LOCATION Germany Cologne
LICENSE Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
IDENTIFIER NM. 0074480 PART OF COLLECTION Objects of the Nordic Museum
OWNER OF COLLECTION Nordic Museum INSTITUTION Nordic Museum DATE PUBLISHED April 10, 2014 DATE UPDATED October 20, 2018 DIMU-CODE 011023491490 UUID BED6A78E-0EBC-4D75-8985-E95AB06A4121
"Commander's Cross of the Order of the Sword. white enamelled gold star, in the angles gold crowns, at the top kungl. crown; on the centre of the obverse a button of blue enamel with an upright sword in gold, surrounded by three crowns, at the top and bottom of the star's points two crossed swords of blue enamel with gold mounts, on the sides simple swords, around the spears winds a gold ribbon, which connects the swords, on the reverse on a blue enamelled knob an upright sword with laurel wreath and the inscription: ‘PRO PATRIA’ in gold.
Belonged to Jacob Wilhelm Sprengporten b. 1794; former Chief Warden, former Lieutenant General, former Chief Governor, member of the 1st Chamber of the Riksdag. Eg. [owns] and inhabits. [lives] Sprareholm in Södermanland.
Ink. on jewel. Chr. Hammer's auction in Cologne in June 1892. Bill 1,037 and 1,587.1892, 1,047 and 1,601.1893, 176 and 1,029.1894.
74.428-74.693 Cf. Chr. Hammer's auction catalogue, series I, May and June 1892.’

-1800  GC/Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S169x
Date       : 1800 KMO
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KMO exhibition at the Swedish Royal Castle spring 2006.
Ex-Probus auctions at sale 2006 April 3rd item 382.

-1810-1830  GC/Commander Star-

Height (mm): 82
Width  (mm): 57
Weight(gr) : 28
Tracking # : S257x
Date       : 1810-1830  estimated
Knight #   : 

Slimmer main crown. Enamel on back side of swords. Wide gold ribbon.Wide top crown. Not so small tip balls. Text revers 9 -15. Fixed ring on top. Bigger small crowns.

-1819.11.28  GC/Commander Star-

Height (mm): 77.3
Width  (mm): 59.1
Weight(gr) : 
Tracking # : S465xx
Date       : 1819.11.28 awarded
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REGISTRATION
Inscription : PRO PATRIA
HEIGHT 77.3 mm
WIDTH 59.1 mm
MATERIALS Gold Enamel
History of the piece
ACCESSION 1908
GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM Cederström, Carl Gustaf Bror
army museum ivn 63704

1819.11.28 awarded

-1825.04.04  GC/Commander Star-

Height (mm): 86
Width  (mm): 62
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Tracking # : S142x
Date       : 1825.04.04 awarded
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Christie auction 10.11.1992 Baron Lejeune. Was awarded Grand Cross of the Swedish Order of the Sword 04.04.1825.

-1829-1856  GC/Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S142x
Date       : 1829-1856 estimated
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Thicker crown. No enamel back side of swords. Narrow gold ribbon.Narrow top crown. Small tip balls. Text revers 10-14. Fixed ring on top. Smaller small crowns.

-Pre 1856  GC/Commander Star-

Height (mm): 60
Width  (mm): 53
Weight(gr) : 26
Tracking # : S168x
Date       : Pre -1856 estimated
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Thicker crown. No enamel back side of swords. Narrow gold ribbon.Narrow top crown. Small tip balls. Text revers 10-14. Fixed ring on top. Smaller small crowns.

-1856-1872  GC/Commander Star-

Height (mm): 88
Width  (mm): 56
Weight(gr) : 33.1
Tracking # : S258
Date       : 1856-1872 estimated
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Auction 103 25.6.2005 item 7780. 
Rare special hinge.