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    Herman

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    1. On 09/02/2024 at 03:15, Bill Brouillard Jr. said:

      Nice pic Herman - I think it is my pic - It’s always proper to give credit to the original poster when you use a photo.

       

      Bill


      Indeed. You are right. I apologize. It seems you gave the credits to yourself now. 👍

       

      regards

      Herman

    2. Also, online a database can be found where you can search by name. The site is: www.nationaalarchief.nl and then the link to Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden (Chancellery of Dutch Orders).

       

      I could only find one Holmstrom: Carl Otto Holmstrom who received a silver medal in the House Order of Orange.

       

      Unfortunately this database is not complete and it lacks the last 30-ish years.

       

      Regards 

      Herman  

    3. Laurentius,  I checked my own records, the Ritterkreuz is awarded to 19 Dutch recipients. Furthermore I found 4 Dutch recipients of the Ritterkreuz with Crown,  5 Honor crosses, 1 Grand Commander and 8 Grand Crosses. I am sure I missed a few.

       

      I have in my collection a set of three awarded to a Dutch officer identified to Colonel Clavareau.

       

      Regards

      Herman 

      E.P.M. Clavareau.jpg

    4. On 27/06/2023 at 17:55, seeheld said:

      Very interesting, because his Knight cross was given back in 1909, after he received the knight cross with the crown!

       

      Monceau, Joseph Heinrich Felix Graf du

      born 22.08.1859

      Haag, Königlich Niederländischer Premier-Lieutenant und Ordonanzoffizier Ihrer Majestät der Königin

      Knight cross: 07.02.1901

      Knight Cross back in Schwerin: 28.10.1909

       

      Knight cross with the crown: 28.08.1909

      Haag, Königlich Niederländischer Hauptmann und Flügeladjutant Ihrer Majestät der Königin

       

      Regards

      Seeheld

       

      Seeheld,  your answer got me wondering. Were Mecklenburg-Schwerin awards to be returned to the Chancellery upon death of the recipiënt or upon receipt of a higher grade in the same order?

       

      Regards 

      Herman 

    5. The number three medal in the picture in my post of last Friday, aka Weddingmedal 1901 Queen Wilhelmina /Prince Hendrik.

       

      This is his medal entitlement (in Dutch):

       

      Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau
      Grootkruis van de Huisorde van Oranje
      Bronzen erepenning voor menslievende daden
      Onderscheidingsteken voor Eervolle Langdurige Dienst als officier XXX
      Huldigingsmedaille (inhuldiging van Koningin Wilhelmina op 6 sept. 1898)
      Huwelijksmedaille in zilver (uitgereikt ter herinnering van het huwelijk van H.M. de Koningin)
      Herinneringsmedaille (uitgereikt ter gelegenheid van het 25-jarig huwelijk van H.M. de Koningin)
      Draagmedaille (uitgereikt ter herinnering aan het huwelijk van H.K.H. Prinses Juliana en Z.K.H. Prins Bernhard)
      Ridder van de 4e klasse van de Orde van de Rode Adelaar (Pruisen)
      Ridder van de 3e klasse van de Orde van St. Anna (Rusland)
      Ridder 4e klasse van de Orde van de Witte Olifant (Siam)
      Ridder met kroon van de Orde van de Griffioen (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
      Ridder 1e afd. van de Orde van de Witte Valk (Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach)
      Ridder 1e klasse van de Huisorde en Orde van Verdienste van Hertog Peter Friedrich Ludwig (Oldenburg)
      Ridder van de Orde van de Wurtembergsche Kroon (Wurtemburg)
      Ridder in de Orde van Berthold I (Baden)
      Commandeur van de Orde van Gregorius de Grote (Kerkelijke Staat)
      Officier van de Kroon-Orde van België
      Ridder in de Orde van het Legioen van Eer (Frankrijk)
      Commandeur 2e klasse van de orde van Adolf van Nassau (Luxemburg)
      Grootkruis van de Orde van de H. Schat (Japan)
      Grootkruis van de Orde van de Poolster (Zweden)
      Grootkruis van de St. Olaf Orde (Zweden en Noorwegen)
      Grootkruis van de Orde van het herstelde Polen (Polonia Restituta)
      Grootkruis van de Orde van de Dannebrog (Denemarken)
      Grootkruis in de Orde van de Eikenkroon (Luxemburg)
      Grootkruis van de Orde van Leopold (België)

       

      And his entry in the Dutch Officers list 1940.

       

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    6. Sorry Dave, it is not de Kruijff. You show two cards of two different E. De Kruijff. Look at the different dates of death. Captain E. De Kruijff awarded with the Griffin order died on June 4th, 1912.

       

      I searched all kind of officerslists and identified 15 Dutch officers who got a Knight in the Griffin Order. De Kruijff is one of them, but he died before he received the Officerscross, so no match.

      After checking the medal entitlement of these 15 officers, 2 remained. The others got more and even much more awards.

       

      The 2 remaining officers are:

       - Colonel E.P.M. Clavareau

      - Major-General H.Z.A. van de Roemer

       

      The missing medal is therefore an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau with the swords as both received it.

       

      Van de Roemer also received a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion,  but that was less than 2 months before his death in 1928. I don't think it went in his medalset, of which I couldn't find proof he had one.

       

      My guess is Colonel Clavareau as I found a picture of him wearing a set of 3 medals. A blurry picture and the medals are difficult to see, but it is proof he wore them. My money is on him.

       

      I add two pictures. The first one is van de Roemer,  the second one is the blurry one of Colonel Clavareau.

       

      Regards

      Herman 

       

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