ErikMuller

Which one? Antonio's?

http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/

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

Unofficial one??

I think it is one which had been awarded for having completed the TMPT (two-day militairy Prestation Mars) 10 times.

The ribbon is the same and the cross is blue enamelled, so it had been awarded for completed the TMPT 10 times, after 25 times the cross is red enamelled.

Kind regards,

Jacky

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.

BTW, Erik do we see you end of the month in Brussels ?

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

Commanders Cross Ordre National du M?rite (France), and he is olso wearing still his officers cross in the same order

normaly you only whear the highst rank of the order.

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?

Hendrik,

I'm very happy about this . Too bad we did not find time to meet in Paris...

Cheers.

Ch.

Ordre Merite National

The medal . . .

For Brits it was separately struck on the reverse with unique naming for each recipient. For Indians (like this) it was engraved.

Thanks Ed!

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

Erik, I suppose both points are open to discussion :

King Theodore's real name was Kassa - he assumed the name of Theodorus "because of an old prophecy which sets forth that an Emperor of that name would raise the kingdom of Abyssinia to a pitch of glory never before known". He was known in Europe as "King Theodore" indeed - but might have insisted on being adressed to as "Emperor" ?

As for his death, the Special Correspondent from the new York Herald reported, on april 13 :

"King Theodore was found dead, shot in the head. His body was recognized by the Europeans who had been released. Some say he was killed in battle, and others that he committed suicide."

The Special Correspondent from The Times had reported that on the eve of the storming of Magdala (April 12) : "The Abyssinian troops are utterly disheartened. Theodore has attempted suicide."

Jerome

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).

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

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.

There's a bit more if you want it.

Peter

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

here is the gold class. I don't remember the number of points, but I got it in 1998. I'm just waiting for the "ordre national du m?rite" now.

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?

Ed... Erik... I'm thinking Syrian..

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?

FRENCH ARCHIVES !!!

I'm beginning to like those little medals even more now ! Ouch, a new collecting field being born ?

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

No, because they arent exposed in the museum, the still in the depot of the museum, to have a photo of those pieces, you have to follow the procdure of the museum see Reproductions Photographiques : demande et conditions

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

More ...

Ohh my... photo albums like that are every medal collector's dream!

This thread is getting better and better! Nice going Igor!

What a tiny george cross........

Couldn't he afford a larger one or did he think so minimalistic about that award

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.

Erik,

Great groups you have there! I've never seen any of those medals, except the "vierdaagse." Great Rotterdam medal too, from my home town!

Thijs.

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

Wonderfull medalgroups

especially the bronze medal for humane actions!!!

But I have seen the silver police medal of the municipality of amsterdam before!! The strange thing is that it hangs from the ribbon of Leopold II order of Belgium.....

Anyway.. All lovely groups!!!!

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

Erik,

I think the Collector's showcase section might be the best place for them.

Thijs.

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