Herman

After a mere 11 months lets throw in a new picture. Probably a general from the former Netherlands East Indies Army.

This is the Silver medal because the miniature picture shows a silver class medal. The picture of your great grandfather also point in this direction. Furthermore the Silver class was given much more than the Gold and Bronze one. Cheers Herman

Yeah, in the enamelled medal departement the USA has a lot of ugly, over the top, garbage. The European orders are so much more classy. Well most of them. The newest ones are pretty poor aswell. Regards Herman

Hello, it is called the Zilveren Eremedaille in de Orde van Oranje Nassau / Honor medal in Silver to the Order of Oranje Nassau. It is awarded without the swords as it is a non military award in this case. This class of the Order is no longer given. It was abolished in 1993 together with the Gold and Bronze class aswell. The class of Member replaces the three medals since then. To my knowledge there are no books containing any lists. You could contact the chancery of Dutch Orders in The Hague through their website www.lintjes.nl and ask your questions there. If you want to buy the large size medal, they sometimes appear on marktplaats.nl. They are not expensive. My grandfather was awarded the same medal, it was given back to the chancery at his death and I bought one on this site for around 50 euro. I hope this helps. Success and good luck, Herman

Thanks for the answer christerd. Learned something today. Regards Herman

What did a Fin have to do to get a Hindenburg cross? Serve in the German army of WW1? Oops, i forgot to mention: Great mini's..... I like the a lot. Herman

Your Belgian VM is 100 % genuine. VC89 (Vincent) explains it perfectly. Regards Herman

Wow, and even a wounded badge on a mini bar! That's a new one to me. Nice bars, Herman

100 % okay.

So far, genuine.

R.I.P.

Well, it isn't Dutch for sure.

Here is a set which probably belonged to a Dutch soldier who served in the Dutch Princess Irene Brigade in WW2. This brigade fought in Northwest Europe in 1944-1945. As you can see he chose to wear his British Campaign stars. This was forbidden in the Dutch forces after WW2. Since the eighties of the last century most veterans are retired and started to wear them anyway. His medals are: Bronze Lion War Remembrance cross with 3 clasps Resistance Remembrance cross 1939-1945 star France and Germany star Defence Medal War medal 39-45 Unfortunately his name is lost in history.

The other one is a Bavarian Military Merit Cross (Bayerische Militar Verdienst kreuz). I don'tknow the grade, but check the German topics in this forum. The White, blue and Black ribbon belongs to this award.

It's a Croix de Guerre 1914 - 1918 and yes it is original

Here is another one. A Dutch medal bar with an UNTSO medal with a figure 10. A figure 10 was given for 5 one year tour as an observer. After 180 days of service the medal was awarded. For each additional 180 days a silver number was added. The laureled number 25 is for 25 succesfull participations in the Nijmegen four days marches. And as far as I know, Ireland, an non NATO member, occasionally sent out his military under a NATO mission in small numbers. I once saw a NATO ISAF medal in an Irish group.

Cool bar with some nice orders. He was close to the royal family I bet. regards Herman

The text is French "Nous servons le corps" is a full sentence and means "We serve the corps". Thanks Herman

You did well with Santa ! ! I wish he gave me such a gift ! ! A very nice example of around 1900 used to 1955. I assume it has the Goudsmit maker marks? Best regards Herman

Indeed, they look impressed, which is a surprise as modern British medals are mechanicly engraved (i hope i use the correct phrase for it). Didn't knew they still impressed medal rims. Thansk and regards Herman

Got any pictures of the rim. I love to see the modern naming on these two. regards Herman

As with medals of a lot of countries, the difference is in the small details. Good luck with your quest. Herman

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Here you go. Reverses of all the pre WW2 issues of the Purple Heart. regards Herman

RIP Your knowledge and usefull plus very informative posts will be greatly missed. Herman