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    H. Dijkstra

    Inspecteur van de Politie 1e klas te Amsterdam

    Het Vaderland woensdag 22 Juni 1938

    Do you have more info on this man?

    At the moment, all the information I have is:

    Hendrik Dijkstra

    Born Utrecht, 21 January 1897.

    Died 26 February 1965.

    1-5-1919 Temporary Officer Cadet (Surnumerair) Amsterdam Police

    Listed in 1919 as a Reserve 1st Lieutenant with the 1st Field Artillery Regiment

    Known decorations:

    Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau

    Mobilisation Commemorative Cross 1914-1918

    Commemorative Cross 1923 in bronze (Amsterdam Police)

    Commemorative Cross 1938 in silver (Amsterdam Police)

    Officer in the Order of the Black Star of Benin

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    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 Ridder

    A. Kummer

    J.A. Willems

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    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 Ridder

    A. Kummer

    J.A. Willems

    Albertus Kummer

    * Amsterdam, 15-02-1845, died Amsterdam, 07-01-1932

    1st Officer, Merchant Navy

    21 March 1879 Voluntair with the Amsterdam Police

    19 April 1879 Inspector without salary

    1 September 1879 Inspector 3rd class

    1 January 1881 Inspector 2nd class

    1 April 1888 temporary Inspector 1st class

    1 April 1889 Inspector 1st class

    1 Juli 1898 temporary Chief Inspector

    1 Juli 1899 Chief Inspector

    13 August 1904 Police Commissioner

    24 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 Star

    So I don't think he's your guy. I would welcome the dates of the newspapers you found mention of these guys

    I will look for the other two tomorrow evening.

    Cheers,

    Erik

    P.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

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    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

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    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!

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    Here's a picture of D. de Ridder

    The picture is taken from the book "100 jaar politiewerk in Nederland 1830-1930".

    Erik

    Erik,

    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

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    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

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