ErikMuller

Black and white ribbon and the term 'Landwacht' (Country Guard) sounds more Dutch to me!

Jacky, it is the Cross of Merit, see the device on its ribbon. And besides that: I have the list of recipients till 2004 and he is on it.

I was planning to come! Still have to pay up for the meeting and I want to show you guys something small and beautiful

He also wears the unofficial Cross of Merit of the Royal Netherlands Reserve Officer's Association (the red/blue striped silver cross / looks like the Cross of the Two Day Military Proficiency Course (TMPT)). But then again, that you can do when you're the Inspector-General of the Armed Forces. Who is to correct you anyways?

Ordre Merite National

Thanks Ed! Is this medal repaired? Because it looks quite unbreakable to me on this picture!

Thanks! Attached is a newspaper picture of Major General T.W.J. Buys, wearing the following decorations: Neck crosses from top to bottom: Knight 2nd class of the Order of St. Stanislas of Russia Knight 2nd class of the Order of the Crown of Prussia Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy Medal bar from left to right: Knight 4th class of the Military Order of William Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands Expedition Cross with clasp "Atchin 1873-1896" Atchin Medal 1873-1874 Officer's Long Service Cross Abyssinian War Medal (Great Britain) The sword he holds in his hands is the Sword of Honour (which is part of the Military Order of William and ranks between the Knight 3rd and the Knight 4th class).

Can anyone supply me with an image of the Medal? Since I now have two pictures of T.F.J. Buys wearing the medal I want to write a small article on him for the magazines of the British and Dutch Orders and Medals Research Societies.

Yes please Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Just one question, since Djedj and Peter give different details on the death of King Theodore (as I recall Abyssinia was still a Kingdom in that period and didn't have an Emperor till 1896, when Menelik declared the Ethiopia an Empire): did he die in the storming/bombardment of Magdala, or did he kill himself? Erik

Does anybody notices the unregular fixation of the Deutsche Sportabzeichen? Wonder if that is self-made or bought like that. I actually thought of making a ring suspension on my own badge since we aren't allowed to wear them as a badge on our uniform.

Hello, While researching a Dutch-Indies Army officer I found an obituary of another officer in a local newspaper, dating May 6th, 1896. The obituary was for a militia captain J.F.C. Prince. According to the accompaning article he, and another officer, were part of Lord Napier's force during the Abyssian War of 1867-1868. They were both awarded the Abyssinian War Medal in 1869. The other Dutch officer was 1st Lieutenant T.F.J. Buys, a knight 4th class of the Military Order of William (the Dutch equivalent of the Victoria Cross) and recipient of the Sword of Honour for service in the Dutch Indies. In a book about the Sword of Honour, I found a picture of Buys wearing his Abyssinian War Medal (which I will add later, after my scanner is fixed). Since my copies of the Medal Year Book have almost no information on the Abyssinian War Medal I have a few questions: What were the exact criteria for this Medal? When was it exactly instituted? What was the Abyssinian War about (the Medal Year Book only speaks of a campaign against King Theodore) Who won? Is there a medal roll which gives a date for the award of this medal to the two Dutch officers? And last but not least: who can explain the presence of the two Dutch 1st Lieutenants in Lord Napier's force and what could have been their task?

Dear Ed / Stogieman, This is the best I can do for a better image The Army nco received the Dutch Commemorative Medal Disaster Brigade with clasp "Sudan 1974" for assistance in the relief of the drought victims in October 1974. Because of this we think the medal must be Sudanese. As far as I know the Dutch Army has no connections with Syria.

An fellow collector has a Dutch medal group with an unknown foreign medal in it. Since the non-commissioned officer served in Sudan in 1974 we guess it's a Sudenese medal. Does anyone recognises this medal? And what was it awarded for?

Being born? As I remember you've had quite a collection of Italian medals last December

My French is a bit rusty, does the site have a version of this document in Dutch or English?

Ohh my... photo albums like that are every medal collector's dream! This thread is getting better and better! Nice going Igor!

Maybe he was just out of space, looking at the size of his brooche No seriously, with foreign decorations you are just lucky when you can get your hands on a miniature decoration at all. I'm still looking for the miniatures of two foreign medals I hold myself. They're either not available or to large to put in with the rest of the (16 mm) miniatures.

Thanks Dutch police medals are quite unknown in the Netherlands to and I just was lucky in obtaining some of them (or even getting them from (grand)sons of the decorated Amsterdam police officers) while I was on the force myself

The Leopold II ribbon has a wide black stripe. This is a smaller dark blue/gray stripe, so it's not the same ribbon

See http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9310

And last, but not least: my dad's medals: Paul M?ller, Amsterdam-Amsterdam Regional Police: Royal Wedding Medal 2002 Marching Cross (5 participations) Silver Police Medal of the Municipality of Amsterdam Medal of the Luxembourgian Two-Day Army Marches

Attributed to G.H. van Dommelen, Rotterdam Municpal Police Bronze Medal for Humane Actions, awarded 1934 Silver Life Saving Medal of the Municipality of Rotterdam, awarded 1932 and 1937 Bronze Life Saving Contest Medal Rotterdam Police (awarded 1942) Membership Medal of the Netherlands Socitiety 'The Life Saving Medal'

Not attributed, Amsterdam Municipal Police: Mobilisation Cross 1914-1918 Commemorative Cross 1923 in bronze Commemorative Cross 1938 in silver The 1938-cross in silver was only awarded 121 times to those of the rank of Inspector or higher.

Attributed to Krijn Hansen, Sergeant, Amsterdam Municipal Police: Commemorative Cross 1923 in bronze Commemorative Cross 1938 in bronze Police Swimming Proficiency Medal (2nd type) in gold Police Swimming Proficiency Medal (1st type) in bronze