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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 1525

A most interesting Medal of the Order of the Vasa pair awarded to Mr I. Johansson, member of the crew of the Fidra on her celebrated round-the-world journey in 1920-22

Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the Vasa, Medal of the Order, silver, base marked 'Silver 1919', in its C. F. Carlman, Stockholm; Royal Swedish Sailing Society Medal of Merit, silver, 32mm, the reverse field engraved 'Till Ivar Johansson minna of 'Fidras' världsomsegling 1920-1922' in running script, good very fine (2)

Engraving translates as:

'To Ivar Johansson memory of Fidra's sail around the world 1920-1922.'

Ivar Johansson served as a member of the crew on the Fidra, a British-built ketch laid down in 1896 of 73.5 tonnes. Owned by brothers Sebastian and Lieutenant Sune Tamm, they set sail from Karlskrona on 25 September 1920 with a total crew of eleven including the Tamm's. Sailing first to Britain, thence Bahia and down the coast of South America, they went through the Magelhas Sound to the Pacific. Onwards through the South Sea Islands and to Yokohama, Fidra went onto Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Aden and Alexandria. Through to the Mediteranean and back to Britain, Fidra returned to Karlskrona on 11 September 1922, having covered 42,622 nautical miles and have some spent 478 days at sea; sold together with an original copy of Med Fidra Pa Varldsomsegling by Uno Thornburn, which features a number of images of Johansson.

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Sold for
£200

Starting price
£230