Herr General

Thanks. I haven't found the time to read all the papers!

I believe that "Von Faber" and later "Faber-Castell" where the pencil makers. Not "Castell-Castell" ?

Nice collection Roeland. Did you manage to find out who the person on your painting posted on marktplaats was? ( I was the one mailing you about this forum )

Erik, is there reference available about decorations for the Police?

MWO recipient and North pole explorer Born Utrecht - 25 august 1849 Died Nijmegen - 2 april 1917 Knight 4th class in the Military Order of William For actions on the coast of Guinea 1869-1870' Knight in the order of the Dutch Lion Honorable Mention De Ruyter medal in Gold Medal for important war operations with the following clasps: Guinea 1869-1870 - Deli 1872 - Atjeh 1873-1874 - Atjeh 1873-1896 en Atjeh 1896-1900 Atjeh medal 1873-1874 Officers long service award for 30 years of service Bronze coin for the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in 1898 Commander in the Leopoldsorder of Belgium

Very nice picture Erik. I just love seeing these old photo's with medals in wear. It is a shame that only so few are available on the market! Did you receive my pm and envelope?

Thank you Erik, those names are from the newspaper clipping you posted in the first page of this topic!

The black star of Benin/France is also called "Black star of Annam, Black star of Porto Novo and Black star of B?nin" in the Newspaper archive... I browsed and searched the archive the whole morning without any results.. Erik, do you have something about these persons? D. de Ridder A. Kummer J.A. Willems

Thanks all for the reactions. You keep surprising me with your knowledge!

Hello Jacky, that was indeed a nice set ( not a bar ). I don't have pictures of it. The seller pulled it from marktplaats and sold it on ebay.

I found some more interesting papers. Including several battle orders from Indonesia with hand drawn maps etc. Also all of his military ID cards are in the lot.

Hi Peter, I didn't know how to call it. ( my English vocabulary isn't very large! ) There is a clasp in the back that can be opened and closed. It looks like it is meant to be placed over a piece of fabric. Like a breast pocket.

This badge came from the estate of a Dutch Colonel who fought in Indonesia. Any ideas?

This is all so far ( haven't started on the three maps! ) What I can't find is a diploma for the Merit Cross. Does anyone know if these where given to recipients? Or did they only receive a copy of the royal decree?

This document is to big for my scanner. He received this in honor of finishing the Dutch Higher Military school

That was a mistake by the Van Wielik firm. They believed he also received the ,,Arnhem-Nijmegen-Walcheren 1944" clasp. I think that he is wearing the Nijmegen March cross in that picture!

In the police: After the war in the Princes Irene Brigade:

Some small items: And lots and lots of paper to read in the following days....

Hi Hendrik. I think that he never updated his mini and fullsize ribbonbar. Maybe he didn't want to wear a long row of medals? He received permission to wear his British medals in 1983, only 7 years before his dead. His resistance memorial cross:

His miniature and ribbonbar ( My camera appears to be broken. I can't focus with it. I will try to make better photo's in the following days! )