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English: Photo taken at the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum (Norwegian: Marinemuseet) in Horten, Norway:
  • Award letter with the following text:
"We, Haakon VII, King of Norway, make it known that under September 30, 1946, we have awarded Sgt. Capt. Leif Welding Olsen the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch – Post Mortem – for personal efforts for Norway by showing fearlessness and outstanding duty loyalty when, on April 8, 1940, he led his vessel O/S "Pol III" in an attack against superior enemy naval forces in the Outer Oslo Fjord."
The document is pre-printed with calligraphic and typed text added. It is signed and bears a stamped emblem with a heraldic royal shield and helmet, with the inscription "Haakon VII, King of Norway." The letter is framed behind glass, and the paper is partially damaged and stained with mold.
  • Leif Welding Olsen, born in 1895 in Horten, was a Norwegian naval officer and the first Norwegian to fall during Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway in April 1940. As the captain of the patrol vessel HNoMS Pol III, he collided with the torpedo destroyer Albatross, part of the German invasion force, on the night of April 8 in the Oslofjord. Welding Olsen was injured by German machine gun fire and drowned before midnight on the evening of April 8. Thus, he fell before the official date of the outbreak of World War II in Norway.
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Norsk bokmål: Foto fra Marinemuseet på Karljohansvern i Horten, Norges nasjonale sjøforsvarsmuseum, grunnlagt i 1853 som et av verdens eldste marinemuseer, og med 2000 kvdratmeter utstillinger:
«Vi Haakon VII Norges Konge Gjör vitterlig at Vi under 30. September 1946 har tildelt Vpl. Kpt. Leif Welding Olsen St. Olavs-Medaljen m/ekegren – Post Mortem – for personlig innsats for Norge ved å ha vist uforfærdethet og fremrakende plikttroskap da han den 8.april 1940 ledet sitt fartøy O/S "Pol III" til angrep mot overlegne fiendtlige sjøstridskrefter i Ytre Oslofjord.»
    • Dokumentet er ferdigtrykt med kalligrafert tekst i åpne felt og tilføyelser skrevet på maskin, og signert med P.F.Broch (hoffmarskalk Peter Frederik Broch) under til høyre.
    • Det har ellers et preg med Haakon VIIs kongesegl, som inneholder våpenskjold med hjelm og hjelmtegn samt teksten «Haakon VII Norges Konge».
    • Brevet er innrammet bak glass, og papiret er delvis skadet og flekkete av mugg.
  • Leif Welding Olsen, født 1895 i Horten, var en norsk sjøoffiser og den første nordmannen som falt under Nazi-Tysklands angrep på Norge under andre verdenskrig i april 1940. Som kaptein på bevoktningsfartøyet «Pol III» i Ytre Oslofjord støtte han sammen med torpedojageren Albatross, en del av den tyske invasjonsstyrken, natt til 9. april. Welding Olsen ble såret av tysk mitraljøseild og druknet før midnatt om kvelden 8. april. Han falt dermed før den offisielle datoen for krigsutbruddet.
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