Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Carl Sven Axel Lagerberg

Engraver:
Adolf Lindberg
Year:
1889
Country:
Sweden
Diameter:
56 mm
Obverse:
Bust of Carl Sven Axel Lagerberg facing left. He is wearing the insignia of the Royal Order of the Seraphim.
·GENERALEN·GREFVE·SVEN·LAGERBERG·
A·LINDBERG
Reverse:
Inscription around edge and three lines at top. In the center are two military batons crossed over each other and held together by a ribbon. Behind the batons is a branch.
MINNE·AF·TROHET·MOT·KONUNG·OCH·FOSTERLAND
DEN·7·DEC·1889
UNDER FEMTIO·ARS OFFICERSTJENST
References:
Numismatiska meddelanden, Volume 17 part 1, p. 268

Sven Lagerberg was a Swedish general. He became a lieutenant in 1839. This medal commemorates the 50th anniversary of that appointment.