ErikMuller Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) H. DijkstraInspecteur van de Politie 1e klas te AmsterdamHet Vaderland woensdag 22 Juni 1938Do you have more info on this man? At the moment, all the information I have is:Hendrik DijkstraBorn Utrecht, 21 January 1897.Died 26 February 1965.1-5-1919 Temporary Officer Cadet (Surnumerair) Amsterdam PoliceListed in 1919 as a Reserve 1st Lieutenant with the 1st Field Artillery RegimentKnown decorations:Knight in the Order of Orange-NassauMobilisation Commemorative Cross 1914-1918Commemorative Cross 1923 in bronze (Amsterdam Police)Commemorative Cross 1938 in silver (Amsterdam Police)Officer in the Order of the Black Star of Benin Edited January 3, 2007 by ErikMuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 Thanks. Not our man...I keep browsing the archive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 There is again another nice bar on the "Marktplaats"You might want to have this bar too??Any pictures for the others amongst us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hello Jacky, that was indeed a nice set ( not a bar ). I don't have pictures of it. The seller pulled it from marktplaats and sold it on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 The black star of Benin/France is also called "Black star of Annam, Black star of Porto Novo and Black star of B?nin" in the Newspaper archive...I browsed and searched the archive the whole morning without any results.. Erik, do you have something about these persons?D. de RidderA. KummerJ.A. Willems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 The black star of Benin/France is also called "Black star of Annam, Black star of Porto Novo and Black star of B?nin" in the Newspaper archive...I browsed and searched the archive the whole morning without any results.. Erik, do you have something about these persons?D. de RidderA. KummerJ.A. WillemsAlbertus Kummer* Amsterdam, 15-02-1845, died Amsterdam, 07-01-19321st Officer, Merchant Navy21 March 1879 Voluntair with the Amsterdam Police19 April 1879 Inspector without salary1 September 1879 Inspector 3rd class1 January 1881 Inspector 2nd class1 April 1888 temporary Inspector 1st class1 April 1889 Inspector 1st class1 Juli 1898 temporary Chief Inspector1 Juli 1899 Chief Inspector13 August 1904 Police Commissioner24 January 1913 retired at a pension of f. 2621,- each year.I have two awards listed:- Commemorative Cross 1898 Amsterdam Police (19-01-1899)- Officer in the Order of the Black StarSo I don't think he's your guy. I would welcome the dates of the newspapers you found mention of these guysI will look for the other two tomorrow evening.Cheers,ErikP.S. I think it's O. not D. de Ridder. O. de Ridder was a police commissioner in Velsen-IJmuiden. He had the following awards:- Officer in the Order of the Black Star- German Red Cross Decoration 2nd class- Prussian Crown Order 4th class- Cross for Faithful Police Service of the General Netherlands Police Union Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thank you Erik, those names are from the newspaper clipping you posted in the first page of this topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thank you Erik, those names are from the newspaper clipping you posted in the first page of this topic!I knew that Just testing your allertness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) Here's a picture of D. de Ridder (which sometimes is listed as O., that's why I made a mistake earlier today) by the way, he also was a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, but this picture must have been taken pre-1930.The picture is taken from the book "100 jaar politiewerk in Nederland 1830-1930".Cheers,Erik Edited January 31, 2007 by ErikMuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Very nice picture Erik. I just love seeing these old photo's with medals in wear. It is a shame that only so few are available on the market!Did you receive my pm and envelope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Very nice picture Erik. I just love seeing these old photo's with medals in wear. It is a shame that only so few are available on the market!Did you receive my pm and envelope?Just got in 20 minutes ago and I hadn't checked my snail mail box yet, so just did after reading this!Yes, thanks! Will add those to my fastly growing document archives Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Here's a picture of D. de Ridder The picture is taken from the book "100 jaar politiewerk in Nederland 1830-1930".ErikErik,What kind of miniature is this man wearing, also the other police officers are wearing this miniature in the group of Kolonel van Goolen.....It keeps me wondering about what it is.Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) Jacky,That's no miniature, that's the full size medal: the Cross for faithfull police service of the General Netherlands Police Union.The miniature is just 10 mm wide And I don't think it was worn on the uniform of the Staatspolitie, since the Union was forbidden by the Germans in 1941.Gr.,Erik Edited February 1, 2007 by ErikMuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 Erik, is there reference available about decorations for the Police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Erik, is there reference available about decorations for the Police?I wrote a booklet about them two years ago. I will look if I can scavenge a copy for you somewhere.Cheers,Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 I will pick up this research again. I hate it that I can't find him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Had any luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have to ask........what services did the Dutch policemen perform to enable the award of so many DRK medals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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