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    Herman

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    1. Indeed. You are right. I apologize. It seems you gave the credits to yourself now. 👍 regards Herman
    2. I found this medalgroup of Brigadier J.S. Nicholson, British Army online. It contains a Panamese Medal of Solidarity. regards Herman
    3. Also, online a database can be found where you can search by name. The site is: www.nationaalarchief.nl and then the link to Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden (Chancellery of Dutch Orders). I could only find one Holmstrom: Carl Otto Holmstrom who received a silver medal in the House Order of Orange. Unfortunately this database is not complete and it lacks the last 30-ish years. Regards Herman
    4. The Name & Rankinglists from 1940 and older years are available online at www.nlme.nl. If you type in 'Gr5' or 'Griffioen' you will find a bunch of officers awarded with this order. Most of them show up around 1901, the year Queen Wilhelmina married to Prince Hendrik. Regards Herman
    5. Hello Laurentius, Our fellow GMIC member Seeheld has the Mecklenburg rolls available, but I did not use them. I checked the Officers Name & Rankinglists of the Dutch Army, the Adelborstenboek and also Delpher kranten. Therefore I assume it is not 100% ironclad. Regards Herman
    6. Laurentius, I checked my own records, the Ritterkreuz is awarded to 19 Dutch recipients. Furthermore I found 4 Dutch recipients of the Ritterkreuz with Crown, 5 Honor crosses, 1 Grand Commander and 8 Grand Crosses. I am sure I missed a few. I have in my collection a set of three awarded to a Dutch officer identified to Colonel Clavareau. Regards Herman
    7. My own medalset as of now with the red enamelled TMPT cross. Regards Herman
    8. Nothing found in the files of the Dutch Chancellery about his Oranje Nassau order. Regards Herman
    9. The set of Major-General Nico Tack. A highly decorated Dutch War veteran including WW2, the Dutch Indies and Korea. I met him in person in the eighties. A gentleman. Sadly he passed away a few years back.
    10. Indeed it is very disturbing if auction houses are willingly selling cheap and crappy copies as high value originals. This in the end is killing for our hobby. Regards Herman
    11. Do a search with the word "griffon" on this website and you will learn a lot more about this order. Regards Herman
    12. Seeheld, your answer got me wondering. Were Mecklenburg-Schwerin awards to be returned to the Chancellery upon death of the recipiënt or upon receipt of a higher grade in the same order? Regards Herman
    13. The Dutch military attaché, a neutral country in WW1, also received a EK2 on a combattant ribbon. His successor also. In total I found 4 Dutch officers who received a WW1 EK2. All issued on combattant ribbons. Regards Herman
    14. The number three medal in the picture in my post of last Friday, aka Weddingmedal 1901 Queen Wilhelmina /Prince Hendrik. This is his medal entitlement (in Dutch): Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau Grootkruis van de Huisorde van Oranje Bronzen erepenning voor menslievende daden Onderscheidingsteken voor Eervolle Langdurige Dienst als officier XXX Huldigingsmedaille (inhuldiging van Koningin Wilhelmina op 6 sept. 1898) Huwelijksmedaille in zilver (uitgereikt ter herinnering van het huwelijk van H.M. de Koningin) Herinneringsmedaille (uitgereikt ter gelegenheid van het 25-jarig huwelijk van H.M. de Koningin) Draagmedaille (uitgereikt ter herinnering aan het huwelijk van H.K.H. Prinses Juliana en Z.K.H. Prins Bernhard) Ridder van de 4e klasse van de Orde van de Rode Adelaar (Pruisen) Ridder van de 3e klasse van de Orde van St. Anna (Rusland) Ridder 4e klasse van de Orde van de Witte Olifant (Siam) Ridder met kroon van de Orde van de Griffioen (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) Ridder 1e afd. van de Orde van de Witte Valk (Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach) Ridder 1e klasse van de Huisorde en Orde van Verdienste van Hertog Peter Friedrich Ludwig (Oldenburg) Ridder van de Orde van de Wurtembergsche Kroon (Wurtemburg) Ridder in de Orde van Berthold I (Baden) Commandeur van de Orde van Gregorius de Grote (Kerkelijke Staat) Officier van de Kroon-Orde van België Ridder in de Orde van het Legioen van Eer (Frankrijk) Commandeur 2e klasse van de orde van Adolf van Nassau (Luxemburg) Grootkruis van de Orde van de H. Schat (Japan) Grootkruis van de Orde van de Poolster (Zweden) Grootkruis van de St. Olaf Orde (Zweden en Noorwegen) Grootkruis van de Orde van het herstelde Polen (Polonia Restituta) Grootkruis van de Orde van de Dannebrog (Denemarken) Grootkruis in de Orde van de Eikenkroon (Luxemburg) Grootkruis van de Orde van Leopold (België) And his entry in the Dutch Officers list 1940.
    15. Interesting indeed, as there is another medalset of the same Dumonceau with a correct issued Knight with Crown of the Griffin Order. This set is in the National Military Museum. Regards Herman
    16. Here is a set of J.H.F. Dumonceau, retired Dutch Lieutenant-General. He got a Knight of the Greifen order in 1901 and a Knight with Crown in 1909. He used his Knight in this set and added a separate Dutch Crown to imitate his Knight with Crown. Regards Herman
    17. Sorry Dave, it is not de Kruijff. You show two cards of two different E. De Kruijff. Look at the different dates of death. Captain E. De Kruijff awarded with the Griffin order died on June 4th, 1912. I searched all kind of officerslists and identified 15 Dutch officers who got a Knight in the Griffin Order. De Kruijff is one of them, but he died before he received the Officerscross, so no match. After checking the medal entitlement of these 15 officers, 2 remained. The others got more and even much more awards. The 2 remaining officers are: - Colonel E.P.M. Clavareau - Major-General H.Z.A. van de Roemer The missing medal is therefore an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau with the swords as both received it. Van de Roemer also received a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion, but that was less than 2 months before his death in 1928. I don't think it went in his medalset, of which I couldn't find proof he had one. My guess is Colonel Clavareau as I found a picture of him wearing a set of 3 medals. A blurry picture and the medals are difficult to see, but it is proof he wore them. My money is on him. I add two pictures. The first one is van de Roemer, the second one is the blurry one of Colonel Clavareau. Regards Herman
    18. This is a Knight grade of the Griffin Order given in 1901 to a Dutch officer. They are quite scarce with only a handfull awarded to Dutch recepients. Regards Herman
    19. Hello Rob, I don't know, as I picked the picture from a Facebook post. I think this group is in a US museum. Regards Herman
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