Herman

Thanks Simon for you reaction. 

I am not familiar with these award rolls, never seen one. What can be seen on such rolls?  

You mention several units but no dates. Are the units you mention from his WW1 service?

I know that in 1914 William Allington was assigned to the 2nd batalion of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. (2./Queen's Regt) with servicenumber S 317 and the rank of Lance Corporal.  

Does your a/m list means that he served in WW1 with the 2nd, 6th, 1st and 6th batalion of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment respectively and ended the war in 1918 as a Sergeant?  

Cheers

Herman 

Hello Andy, you're presumption is correct. The card is probably written by a Dutch conscript to a German friend or family member. 

The marking in two lines reads: 1.I. / 5. R.I. This means 1st company, 1st batalion, 5th Infantry Regiment. 

Regards

Herman 

Hi Jeff,

We're 15 months further, any news?

I don't want to push you, but i'm very interested. 

Cheers

Herman

Recently I obtained a George V Military Medal inscribed on the rim with: 129142 Sjt W. ALLINGTON 45 R.FUS.

After doing a bit of research I found the following. I hope some other forumites can give some additional information as it is very scarce at thè moment.

William Allington was from Rochester. 1 september 1914 he was recruited into the Queen's Regiment. His servicenumber was S 317. He was 35 years of age and probably served with the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment in the Boer war, South Africa. His servicenumber changed to 129142 (the MIC says GS/129142). He arrived in France on 8 november 1914.

He was awarded the 1914 star, the British War Medal and the Victory medal. His rank in 1918 was Lance Corporal.

In 1919 he volunteered for the North Russia Relief Forces (NRRF) and joined the 45th batalion Royal Fusiliers as a Serjeant. This batalion was part of the Sadleir-Jackson Brigade. In the summer of 1919 they fought the Reds in the Archangel - North Dvina area. Probably for his actions in august 1919 he was awarded the Military Medal. 

He is mentioned in the London Gazette of 22 January 1920 and the Edinburgh Gazette of 27 January 1920.

That's about all I could find.

Please Enjoy the pictures.

Herman

This one?

Nick, do you have any idea who manufactured these medals? There is a makers mark on the back of the golden first class.

Kremnica mint perhaps?

Nick, thanks for the reply. 

I will add some more pictures of the Commemorative medal of the Minister of Defence as that medal is the focus of my Slowak interest. 

The first picture is of a gilded silver 1st class and a silvered bronze 2nd class. 

The ribbon bar is of Dutch General Peter van Uhm who was Commander of the Dutch Forces from 2008 to 2012 and received a 1st class from your country. His uniform is in a museum now.

Interesting item. About the Commemorative medal of the Minister of Defence, can you tell me something about the numbering on the reverse. I received a third class in 2009 and always wondered if the numbering started with number 1 in 1998. In 2009 the number of the 3rd class was around 3700.

Does your country have miniatures for their Slovak orders, decorations and medals?

An other few questions:

Are the medals traceable by it's number?

How about this unnumbered specimen below?

I am very interested in the history of this medal?

Regards

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