102657 | SWEDEN. Gustaf V/Zeal & Devoted Service silver award Medal.

102657 | SWEDEN. Gustaf V/Zeal & Devoted Service silver award Medal. Issued 1919 and presented to First Postman Jöns S-son Holmberg (31mm, 19.52 g, 12h). By A. Lindberg for the Royal Swedish mint.

 

GUSTAF • V • SVERIGES • GÖT • O • VEND • KONUNG, bare head left // FOR • NIT • OCH • REDLIGHET • I • RIKETS • TJANST, TILL / FÖRSTE / POSTILJONEN / JÖNS S:SON / HOLMBERG in five lines; wreath above. Edge: SILVER 1919. Cf. Barac 212. Gem Mint State. Extremely lustrous and prooflike, with intense iridescence upon each side.

 

Instituted in 1803, the award for "zeal and devoted service" is awarded to one who has served as an employee of the Swedish nation for 30 years, showing exemplary work and effort in the process. This particular award was bestowed in 1919 to Jöns S-son Holmberg, who held the role of first postman. Based upon an announcement in the Royal Post Circular (Kungl. Generalpoststyrelsens Cirkulär), we know that Holmberg retired from his post on 13 June 1924.

 

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