2nd class St.George order of General Carl Johan Adlercreutz

Collection of Royal Armoury /Livrustkammaren/, Stockholm.

Awarded to Count, lieutenant general of the Swedish service and chief of staff of the Northern Army Karl Johan Adlerkreutz on December 28, 1813 "For the battle of Leipzig on October 4-7, 1813/За сражение при Лейпциге 4-7-го октября 1813 года".
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Carl Johan Adlercreutz (27 April 1757 – 21 August 1815) was a Swedish (Finnish) general and statesman, born in Borgå, Finland on family estates. Entering the Swedish army aged 13 in the Finnish Light Cavalry Brigade, he was present when Gustav III launched his coup-d’etat. In 1813 Adlercreutz was made General and appointed Chief of Staff to Curt von Stedingk under the Crown Prince's Swedish Army of the North in Germany 1813. He served at the Battle of Leipzig 16–19 October.​


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