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I have mailed CDV-4 and CDV-5 to a contact at the Bronbeek museum In order to receive more info about the uniforms!

What is the cloth star on his chest ?

Just saw this one on ebay. Great photo! Is this bar researchable? http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPERB-VINT-1860s-CDV-...oQQcmdZViewItem

Close up of CDV-4 Not sure about these mini medals, the first one has a striped ribbon so for this time frame ( somewhere around 1850 - 1870 ) it could be the Metal Cross 1830-1831.

Close-ups of CDV-5 Appears to be an Military order of William ? His insignia, a horn, maybe from a Jager regiment?

Close up of CDV-7 Numeral appears to be XV

CDV-7 Unknown Lieutenant ( Same as CDV-2 ) Atjeh-medal 1873-1874 Cross for important war actions with clasp "Atjeh" 1873-1874 Officer's Long Service Decoration with unknown numeral

Hi Jacky, unfortunately there is no info on the back. I have one more cdv that I will post when I get home,

CDV-4 Rank, type of soldier and medal not yet identified CDV-5 Rank, type of Soldier and medal not yet identified

CDV-3 Unknown Captain of the KNIL in atilla Military order of William 4th Class CDV-6 Unknown Major General Knight of the order of the Lion of the Netherlands Officer's Long Service Decoration with unknown numeral CDV-4 and CDV-5 will follow but are not yet researched.

I would like to show you my small collection of Dutch Cart de Visite's with soldiers showing medals and decorations. CDV-1 Major General Jan Fran?ois Beckman 1815 - 1889 Knight of the Order of the Lions of the Netherlands Officer's Long Service Decoration with numeral 'XL' CDV-2 Unknown Lieutenant Atjeh-medal 1873-1874 Cross for important war actions with clasp "Atjeh" 1873-1874 Officer's Long Service Decoration with unknown numeral

Hi Erik, Thank you for that information. Than this most be our man:

Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply. Erik thinks that it is a police officer because of the second medal ( Mobilisation Cross 1914-1918 ) . This medal was available to Police also. The other decorations are civil, like you would expect from an Police officer.

I have in my collection a Cart de Visite with a photo of a Dutch Generaal-Majoor. Below the photo is in handwriting the name F.J. Beckman Gen. Maj. The first letters appear to be F. J. but are hard to read. On the back is says Bois-le-Duc 1875 ( Bois-Le-Duc is the Dutch city 's-Hertogenbosch ) I will post a scan later on, does someone have more info about this person and his military service?

Very nice bars, looks like you found a goldmine!

Thank you Erik for that information. I found a number of recipients of the Order of the Crown of Siam and of the Black star of Benin in a newspaper archive. But wasn't able to find a match. http://kranten.kb.nl/index2.html Do you have any idea how to procede? Do you know any other newspaper archives?

Very interesting information about these police officers. Thanks for posting this. where police officers from places like Den Haag and Rotterdam also so heavily awarded with foreign awards? I can not find any info about the visit from Siam. I can't even find a correct date. I'm now trying to find newspaper archives from that time periode.

Thanks, Great info. So it is possible that it is one of these persons.. Dinant de Ridder, F.G.C.J. Fundter de Beauch?ne, A. Kummer, A.F. Dietz, J.A. Willems, F. Logemaat; I'm looking on google to find info about the state visit from thailand.

Thank you Erik, Is information about medals awarded during these two state visits available somewhere in an archive?

here it is, SA-Obergruppenf?hrer Siegfried Kasche - Marshal Slavko Kvaternik - General Prof. Dr. h. c. Edmund Glaise von Horstenau

I have a picture from Kvaternik in my collection. Will post this later on!

Do the various american intelligence agencies have there own awards, medals?

I would also like to mention the name of the two Dutch soldiers that died in the helicopter crash of 26 july. The didn't die by enemy contact but they deserve to be mentioned here because of there service for peace! Luitenant-kolonel mr. Jan van Twist (47) from the airforce and Sergeant Bart van Boxtel (29) from the army.

Very nice, Rick is correct. "Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau met de zwaarden". The grade is Knight.

Yes, I bought it on Marktplaats for a sharp price. Does anyone have an opinion about my idea about the owner and timeframe?