Herr General Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Hendrik, I have a strange shapped belgium medal with a black and white ribbon. I was told that this was a "Landwacht" medal. Do you know this medal? And what would it be worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Hendrik, I have a strange shapped belgium medal with a black and white ribbon. I was told that this was a "Landwacht" medal. Do you know this medal? And what would it be worth?Have you tried Antonio's various Belgian ribbon pages?http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/cintaseu.htm#b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 Thank you Ed for that interesting site. I didn't know that one. I couldn't find that "Landwacht" Ribbon but I have bookmarked that site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Thank you Ed for that interesting site. I didn't know that one. I couldn't find that "Landwacht" Ribbon but I have bookmarked that site!His site and Lukasz'shttp://www.medals.lava.pl/index.htmneed to be at the top of any "ribbons" bookmark list!For medals, Megan's sitehttp://www.medals.org.uk/and the OMSA database http://www.omsa.org/photopost/index.php are at the head of my personal list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Yes, thanks for that link Ed now I just got to find the home page for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Yes, thanks for that link Ed now I just got to find the home page for it Which one? Antonio's?http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Which one? Antonio's?http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/Black and white ribbon and the term 'Landwacht' (Country Guard) sounds more Dutch to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 Here's the medal: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Hello Roel,Not a Belgian medal in my opinion. I concur with Erik : very likely to be a Dutch one ... BTW, a bit off topic in this thread on the Belgian Leopold II Order ! Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vatjan Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I think it is Belgian, but an unofficial long service award of sorts to the "Rijkswacht - Gendarmerie" National Police Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I have been trolling all the site's I can find for Dutch medals with no luck. Vatjan could be right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 "Landwacht" was the name for those collaborators in the Netherlands,as members of the NSB (National Socialism Movement) they were very hatred by those patriotic....However I can't find a clue to this medal nor a link or something with information about the medals.....Maybe the information thread or the personal research facility will help???Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 A moderator should really split much of this off into another topic thread, for, however interesting it may be, it has nothing to do with the Leopold II Order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 I'm sorry, I already asked Hendrik by pm to remove my posts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vatjan Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 (edited) I agree we should split, the thread, but I'm pretty certain it is a Belgian "Rijkswacht" unofficial medal.Rijk (= Realm) means more or less the same as Land (=Country or State)We Belgians had untill a few years ago two national police forces: the "ordinary" National Police Force and the Rijkswacht- Gendarmerie. They have now been fused together, I have to admit though that I would have a hard time trying to explain the difference between these two.Now, somebody please split this thread. Jan Edited August 13, 2006 by Vatjan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Now, somebody please split this thread. Done ! As per popular demand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Done ! As per popular demand ThanksNow that I've seen it I definitely think its Belgian. No Dutchman would design such an ugly medal Seriously, the grenade is Belgian style and the uniform on it is certainly not Dutch. I guess the VR stands for "Vrijwillige Rijkswacht" (Voluntary State Guard) or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) Yes, and except for the uniform and the grenade,it's also true that belgium has a certain history of un-official medals.....So I'm lenied to think that it is a Belgian un-official medal.More precize Flanders.....Kind regards,Jackyp.s yes Eric, You're true, we dutchies have a better known history of beautifull medals all of ours are designed by Jan des Bouvrie and many other designers.....Speaking of designers,We have recently lost a great designer, No greater designer had been involved with the Dutch Army in all his accents,Yes, collectors of dutch medals know who I mean,Frans SmitsNot only a designer but also decorated with;Knight of the order of Orange NassauResistance Commemorative Cross War Commemorative Cross Edited August 14, 2006 by Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 (edited) Hallo Gentlemen, I purchased the above mentioned medal in the recent GMIC Auction and notice it has the word "REX" on the shield / Post?.Sorry I mis-read the word it being so small it actually reads "LEX" Kevin in Deva Edited September 30, 2006 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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