Herman

another one !

or this one !

and how about this Dutch group ?

Hello, here is the Dutch trio i have. The extra bar for a second tour in Korea is separate.

Herman

Members of the Dutch Infantry Bataillon were awarded the US Combat Infantryman Badge. They were indeed serving as part of the 38th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd US Infantry Division in Korea from 1951-1953. I have seen dozens and dozens of our Korean veterans wearing them and i have seen copies of the 38th IR Regimental Orders awarding CIBs to members of the Dutch Bataillon. Surviving Dutch veterans of the Korean War served till the mid eighties in the Dutch army.

The Dutch also got awarded some Silver Stars, Legions of Merit, Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts.

In 2007 a whole Dutch Para Company got awarded the US CIB again service in South Afghanistan. They were the first Dutch soldiers since Korea.

Said all that . How did the Prince got his star on the CIB for the second award ?!?!? Vietnam ?!?!? And how did he get his US freefall wing. This wing was instituted when he was retired....

Herman

Hello,

First i would like to congratulate Paul with his great find.

Triggered by some posts i did a google search for pictures of the General with his medal bar and/or ribbon bar and found exactly one blurry picture of him wearing his ribbon bar. As he is wearing his spange to his EK1 and no Knightcross the date of the picture is between oktober 1939 and july 1941. He is not wearing his EK2 with spange in the first picture.

The second picture is between the same dates, but this time he is wearing the EK2 with spange. Both pictures are from the axishistory pages.

After examining dozens of photos of him i must say that he really fancied his leather overcoat.

Paul, you really did a great finding.

regards

Herman

last pic

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Hello,

In my small collection i have a 5 place medalbar with the following medals:

EK2 1914

Silver medal for merit in war of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Hindenburg Cross

Hungarian medal for ww1

Bulgarian medal for ww1

I am quite happy with it and want it to share with you all.

regards

Herman

Hi, this EK2 1870 is in my collection.

It is 44 mm width and 43,7 mm in height.

The Wiedeholungsspange is marked at the backside with:

JOH. WAGNER & SOHN

2 makermarks and 800 BERLIN. W

I am sorry, but i do not have a good picture of the backside.

regards

Herman

Hello,

I enclose a pic of the Dutch wound badge with its mini in the box of issue.

This one was awarded in march 2008 to a Dutch Army officer wounded in Afghanistan in 2007.

best regards

Gents,

is this a real piece or a fake one?

Let the experts judge please.

Herman

Hello, here is the Dutch campaign medal and the NATO medal you receive for a tour in Uruzgan, Afghanistan.

The left one is called: Herinneringsmedaille Vredes Operaties and the one on the right is the NATO medal for Non Article 5 operations.

Both have the clasp ISAF as issued.

regards

Herman

Hi guys,

my posting is allready at the site for 2 weeks now and no reply so far.

Doesn't anybody recognise this medal?

regards

Herman

This guy is not real.

I just googled him in Dutch and read a lengthy story which he told a Dutch reporter.

Apparently he was interned in a boycamp by the Japanese. Fought in the KNIL (Dutch East Indian Army) from 1945 to 1950. (He doesn't wear his Dutch campaign medal though). Got drafted in the Dutch Army in the Netherlands in 1952, went to Korea. Fought there in the Dutch bataillon got back in 1954 with a heavy interest in martial arts. Served till around 1964 in the Dutch Army (he wears a Bronze Dutch Service medal which means 12 years of service. Left the Dutch Army and startedhis own martial arts sportsschool.

He doesn't mention his US Special Forces tour(s) in Vietnam, but if he did, he picked up a lot of medals in a short time.

I personally think he is a wannabee with maybe, maybe some truth in its core, but not much i recon. In the same Dutch article he mentions that he participated in the Nijmegen 4 days marches 8 times. That ribbon can be worn in the Dutch Army and guess what. I can't see it in both pictures. He does wear a Dutch Expert badge with 2 times the same qualification letters PM. PM is 'pistoolmitrailleur' which means submachinegun.

Furthermore the remarks about the US jumpwings made earlier in this topic are correct. Gold US Army jumpwings and freefall wings do not exist. The V on the Silver star is also not correct.

I think that his fantasy got away with him and that his military badges collection ended at his chest in the end, but maybe i'm wrong and turning into an old nagging fart.

Cheers

Herman

Gents,

Both wings in the pictures are Dutch pilot wings for pilots in the Dutch Naval Air Service and not in the Dutch Army and from 1953 Dutch Airforce.

The bird is looking downwards. On the Army/Air force wings the bird is looking forward.

Cheers

Herman

Hi, I purchased some medals when i served in Afghanistan last year. All are quite common and are of the Soviet type style.

However one medal is still totally unknown to me.

Perhaps one of the specialist can help me?

Thanks in advance and regards

Herman