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-1800  Commander Star-

Height (mm): 65
Width  (mm): 65
Weight(gr) : 
Tracking # : S134x
Date       : 1800 estimated
Knight #   : 

 Graf Klenau Auction 8. Juni 1974.

-1800-1820  Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S538x
Date       : 1800-1820 estimated
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The crown is pretty flat on the top.

-1820  Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S543x
Date       : 1820 estimated
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-1830  Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S393x
Date       : 1830 estimated
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Star "Commander of the 1st Class of the Royal Order of Vasa"

Technique/ MaterialPaper, silk, silver thread, embroidered

DimensionsDimensions: (l x w) 12 x 12 cm

DatingFirst half of the 19th century

OriginDone by: Unknown Swedish

CategoryArt, art, ind. design, Jewellery

SubjectOrder badge

Geogr. origin Sweden

Inventory numberNMK 230/2016

AcquisitionPurchase 2016 with Axel Hirsch donation funds Link

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=183239&viewType=detailView

-1840  Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S456x
Date       : 1840 estimated
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USE 1840

OWN

PREVIOUS OWNER Bildt, Gillis

ACCESSION

SELLER TO THE MUSEUM Hammer, Christian

SELLER TO THE MUSEUM, LOCATION Germany Cologne

Bildt was not awarded the Vasa order as I can see. No record of that in Statskalenderen nor KMO..

-1840  Commander Star-

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Tracking # : S542x
Date       : 1840 estimated
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Ball on top of the Vasa.

Split pin at the beginning on the reverse.

Uncommon circular rings at the Vasa handles. 

Probably foreign made. 

- 1850  Commander Star -

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Tracking # : S405x
Date       : 1850 estimated
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Probably foreign made.

The centre piece is very long and it has two nice uncommon handles. 

Special balls on the arm tips. They look like a plate with a smaller hemisphere on top.

- 1850  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 75
Width  (mm): 75
Weight(gr) : 
Tracking # : S500x
Date       : 1850 estimated
Knight #   : 

258
700 - 900 €Result: 1,050 €
Sweden
Order of Vasa, founded in 1772, grand officer's set comprising: the extremely fine officially manufactured cross in gold and enamel (engraved on one arm) without ribbon; and the French-made plate in silver worked into openwork diamond points, fastened by a toggle pin and two side hooks, hallmarked with a boar's head. 87 x 51.5 mm Gross weight: 27.65 g The plate: 75 mm TTB and SUP

http://www.beaussant-lefevre.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=5270036

Paired with S501x

Made in France??

Missing balls on tip of arms. Medium size of center Vasa part.

- 1850  Commander Star -

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Tracking # : S419x
Date       : 1850 estimated
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Probably foreign made.

Big flattened balls. Beautiful wrought intricate handles on the central Vasa. 3 needles/pins on the reverse side. Uncommon central locking nut for the order. Sold at www.auktionsverket.se in 2014 for about 375 Euros.

Anyone who can help identify the hallmarks?

This is as S598x with balls on the arms tips. 

The reverse center reinforcments are different between S589x and this item S419x.

- 1850-1860  Commander Star -

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Tracking # : S589x
Date       : 1850-1860 estimated
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Probably foreign made. 

The centre piece is very short and it is also quite worn in places. 

- 1860  Commander Stars -

Height (mm): 72
Width  (mm): 72
Weight(gr) : 13
Tracking # : S546x
Date       : 1860 estimate
Knight #   : 

Made according to 1860 statutes. Nice solid metal back for the leather/silver thread front.

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- 1860  Commander Stars -

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Tracking # : S680x
Date       : 1860 estimate
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This is a drawing of jeweller Christian Hammer as a suggestion for a new version of the Wasa Commander Star. To be able to visualize this one better it was added color onto the letters and crowns between the larger arms. It is assumed the body is of silver as usual and that the sections between the arms were to be made of gold.

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-1854.04.28  Commander Stars-

Height (mm): 81.4
Width  (mm): 81.4
Weight(gr) : 33
Tracking # : S552
Date       : 1854.04.28 awarded
Knight #   : 

Vasaorden, Commander Star 1 kl. of the Vasaorden, Sweden, model after 1860-04-27.

NAME Owner: Otto Julius Hagelstam Born 11. March 1784. Died: 28 April 1870
Donor: Fredrika E Hagelstam b. Burenstam

DATING 1860-1870

COLLECTION Livrustkammaren

INVENTORY NUMBER 534 (4285)

ACCESSION Gift, 1870

Donor: Fredrika E Hagelstam b. Burenstam

Awarded the big Wasa in 28 April 1854 and changed this to the new versions as shown here in 186x. He was awarded the Knight Sword RSO in 1808.

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- 1860-1870  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 160
Width  (mm): 160
Weight(gr) : 28
Tracking # : S480x
Date       : 1860-1870 estimate
Knight #   : 

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- 1860-1871  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 66
Width  (mm): 66
Weight(gr) : 6
Tracking # : S453x
Date       : 1860-1871 estimate
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- 1860-1871  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 71
Width  (mm): 71
Weight(gr) : 30
Tracking # : S750x
Date       : 1860-1871 estimate
Knight #   : 

The lower cross band has a wider, lower, smaller section.

Kommendör av Vasaorden, Sverige, 1860–1871.

Original caption:

Note: For documentary purposes, the original description has been retained. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged, presented separately from the original description.

Vasaorden Kommendörskraschan - LRK 528

Swedish: Maltese cross of silver, divided arms, edging and division of rope bars of different thicknesses, balls on the arms. On the cross is a vase with a royal crown, fixed with three on the back of the two open double tenons. Vertical safety pin.

Dates: from 1860 until 1871

Medium: silver

Dimensions:

Weight: 30 g (1.06 oz)

Width: 70.9 mm (2.79 in).

Collection:

Royal Armoury

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Wikidata: Q1636176

Accession number:

LRK 528

Object history: Kungl. Majestätens Ordens (KMO)

Source: LSH 28281 (LN_E04739).

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- 1868.06.03  Commander Star -

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Tracking # : S457x
Date       : 1868.06.03 estimate
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OWNERSHIP 1730 - 1876

PREVIOUS OWNER Åkerman, Joachim 3.6.1868 award

ACCESSION 1895

SELLER TO THE MUSEUM Hammer, Christian

SELLER TO THE MUSEUM, LOCATION Germany Cologne

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- 1870  Commander Star -

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Tracking # : S545x
Date       : 1870 estimate
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The lush top of the Vasa. You can also see the ends of the bottom of the Vasa. There is a distinctive central section that should have been hidden.

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- 1871-1919  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 79
Width  (mm): 79
Weight(gr) : 49
Tracking # : S478x
Date       : 1871-1919 model
Knight #   : 

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- 1891.01.21  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 80
Width  (mm): 80
Weight(gr) : 34
Tracking # : S477x
Date       : 1891.01.21 awarded
Knight #   : 

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- 1919  Commander Star -

Height (mm): 80
Width  (mm): 80
Weight(gr) : 34
Tracking # : S540x
Date       : 1919 model
Knight #   : 

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