Herman

According to a Dutch veteran the Nordbat medal was given for a one day marching event organised by this batalion. 

He didn't remember the distance of the march and how many times it was organized. 

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Herman 

I always thought that you could receive only one EK2 per war. Seeing two in a set seems strange. Only the ribbon is different. 

Well it happened also with MVK's.

Can somebody shine a light on double EK2 awards in WW1. 

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Herman  

And another one.

A picture of the medal group of US Major-General Andre W. Brewster including the Panamese Solidarity Medal.

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Herman 

A picture of the medal group of US Major General Andre W. Brewster including the Panamese Solidarity Medal.

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Herman 

Very, very nice 👍👍

A nice one. Pre 1900.

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Herman 

2 hours ago, Daniel Cole said:

That's my picture. I made that one years ago! Disassembled it and sold off the pieces again.  The fun was the search.

Yeah I bet. Did you find all the original medals or were some copies/restrikes?

Still a great group and a great picture!

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Herman 

And Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen offcourse. Below a copy of fis medalset. 

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Herman 

On 04/02/2023 at 14:11, Graf said:

Hi I am not familiar with USA medals and decorations, however i found this Set of four miniatures very interesting and unusual especially the USA medal in combination with Imperial Russian Orders

Is this combination is OK

I would say a WW1 French Admiral who received some non-French awards including a US Navy DSM.

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Herman 

You are welcome.

These participation medals are too general to make an identification. 

You post everything in a separate thread. I can make a better judgement if you post a picture of everything together. Send me a PM with the picture if you don't want to post it here.

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Herman 

Sergeant-Major, called Opperwachtmeester in the Cavalry. 

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Herman 

It is a badge worn by Dutch military who had earned the green baret of the Commando's and are later posted to a new posting outside the Special forces.

It is probably from the fifties or sixties.

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Herman 

It is a general Cavalry emblem. The Huzaren van Boreel had Black borders on the left and right side.

Huzaren Alexander had red borders. Huzaren van Sytsema had white borders.Huzaren van Oranje had orange borders.

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Herman 

Yes, 4th Division. It was worn with the oak leafs in top, left, right and bottom.

The fourth division had three brigades numbered 41, 42 and 43. It was disbanded in the 1990-ties.

A brigade had two infantry batalions and a tank batalion, or one infantry batalion and two tank batalions. 

Furthermore a recce coy, Artillery batalion, engineer batalion, medical coy, transport coy, signal coy etc.

41st Armoured brigade (two tank batalions) had also an additional recce batalion. 

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Herman  

Yes, worn on the left arm shoulder of the service dress. This is an Army type.

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Herman 

This is a Dutch crown. Worn on the arm by NCO's means that the NCO is a qualified instructor.

Of the items you showed, so far nothing which relates to paratrooper,  Dutch East Indies and Korea.

Keep the pictures coming! 

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Herman  

A non military cycling medal.

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Herman 

It is an unofficial medal for cycling. It is not military.

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Herman 

It is an unofficial price medal for swimming with a rifle over a distance of 25 meters.

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Herman 

The lanyard you show is a faded red coloured lanyard.

There was an Orange Lanyard but this was much more simple.

Below an example of the orange lanyard. 

The red lanyard you show was and still is given today in the Dutch Army mainly to NCO's for merit shown over a longer period. It is worn on the left shoulder of the dress uniform.

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Herman 

And hi again...... ☺

I can now confirm that this Nordbat medal was given for a marching event. I saw a document discussing this medal. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture. So it is an unofficial medal just like the Danish Dancon marching medals.

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Herman 

This one! But issued in silver to the general as he was a foreign guest.

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Herman 

I don't know this group. I just read the medals.

The Dutch colonial campaign medal is called the Kruis voor Krijgsverrichtingen and is given with a campaign clasp.  As this medal is not in the group, he didn't qualify for it.

The KNIL accepted all European citizens in their army. A lot of them stayed in Netherlands East Indies or went living in the Netherlands.  I do not know if they received Dutch citizinship automatically.

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Herman 

The recipiënt was originally German born and served in the German Army when the Centenarmedal was issued. He got no other German award.

He voluntary joined the KNIL  (Royal Dutch Indies Army) and served long enough to get a silver long service medal for 24 years of service (12 years in the Dutch East Indies, as the years counted double there).

He served during WW1 and got the Dutch Mobilisation Cross. This cross was issued in 1926.

Furthermore he got a Silver medal belonging to the Order of Orange-Nassau. It is an award in the civilian division which is odd.

In the picture he wears a KNIL 1st time rifle sharpshooters badge at the right side of his medal group.

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Herman