06-26-2002, 09:09 PM
Thank you for your replies.
The specimen illustrated is positively a collectors specimen or an trial strike. The engraver - H. Rui jr - was a coin- and medalcollector. Many of his medals is preserved as trial strikes, original issues, later issues, afterstrikes and so on. He traded medals with other collectors.
This Stalin-medal is rare. H. Rui delivered the dies to J. Tostrup so he had no opportunities to strike specimens later on. Today it is impossible to find out how many - if any - specimens that was struck by J. Tostrup. This firm went bankrupt and the archives was not kept intact.
Dress miniatures is worn with other miniatures of orders and medals on formal occations. Weddings, state dinners and so on. As a rule they are made by demand, and only rarely given with the original award.
I guess that the only way we will be able to find out if this miniature ever was worn with other medals is to contact the officials of the order of St. Olaf. I have written a letter to them, but have not received any reply yet. Normally a wearer of foreign medals have to get permission from these officials if he is to wear the original medal or dress miniature with norwegian medals. I am only guessing - I have no first hand experience with this as I not decorated with any medals:( - but I will keep you updated when I receive a reply from them.
But I am sure that an original mounted dress miniature with ribbon and all is quite rare!
The specimen illustrated is positively a collectors specimen or an trial strike. The engraver - H. Rui jr - was a coin- and medalcollector. Many of his medals is preserved as trial strikes, original issues, later issues, afterstrikes and so on. He traded medals with other collectors.
This Stalin-medal is rare. H. Rui delivered the dies to J. Tostrup so he had no opportunities to strike specimens later on. Today it is impossible to find out how many - if any - specimens that was struck by J. Tostrup. This firm went bankrupt and the archives was not kept intact.
Dress miniatures is worn with other miniatures of orders and medals on formal occations. Weddings, state dinners and so on. As a rule they are made by demand, and only rarely given with the original award.
I guess that the only way we will be able to find out if this miniature ever was worn with other medals is to contact the officials of the order of St. Olaf. I have written a letter to them, but have not received any reply yet. Normally a wearer of foreign medals have to get permission from these officials if he is to wear the original medal or dress miniature with norwegian medals. I am only guessing - I have no first hand experience with this as I not decorated with any medals:( - but I will keep you updated when I receive a reply from them.
But I am sure that an original mounted dress miniature with ribbon and all is quite rare!
Kjetil Kvist
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"The winter annoyed us too."
- Zhukov in his memoirs
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"The winter annoyed us too."
- Zhukov in his memoirs
