Sweden, Kingdom. An Order Of Vasa In Gold, I Class Knight, c.1930 Newly Listed inscribed "Shadow over England" below

inscribed "Shadow over England" below

1885 in Schleswig (northern Germany)

in two classes: Distinct Service Class and Persistence Service Class

000 of his men became prisoners of the victorious US troops

called the Hudson officer’s trench whistle

Sweden, Kingdom. An Order Of Vasa In Gold, I Class Knight, c.1930 Newly Listed inscribed "Shadow over England" below(Kungliga Vasaorden). Instituted in 1772. II Period (Issued 1866 1975). In 18 karat Gold and enamels, a white enamelled Gold Maltese cross with ball finials, with a Gold crown of Sweden in each quadrant, obverse roundel is charged with a vase and a sheaf encircled by a red enamelled band featuring the inscription GUSTAF DEN III INST. MDCCLXXII, with mirrored reverse roundel, marked on the 3 o'clock arm with makers mark CFC (denoting C. F. Carlman),