Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) Today I received various items from Dutch Colonel J. van Golen including his medals.Carrier:1917 Born on 18-08-1917 in Rotterdam1937 ? 1940 Royal Military Academy in Breda1940 ? 1941 Police inspector in 's-Gravenhage1941Escape to Great Britain1942 - 1943 Activities concerning Contra intelligence services in Western Europe, Occupied France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal.1943Officer in the Dutch Princess Irene Brigade. Landed in Normandy1945British Higher Military school1946 ?1950Brigade Major in Indonesia. 1st and 2nd Politionel actions in West Java1950 ? 1952Dutch Higher Military school1952 ? 1955Head of operations ? 1st army Corps1955 ? 1958Nato staff ? Northern army group1958 ? 1960Head of personnel ? 4th Division1960 ? 1966Commander of the Infantry School. Chearman of the Nato task force "Armored Infantry" in Paris1966Chief of Staff ? Mobile Corps1967 ? 1968Government representative during the build of AFCENT in Limburg1968 ? 1969Territorial Commander South1970 ? retirementHead of civil ? military cooperation AFCENTPromotions:1937Cadet19402e lieutenant 19421e lieutenant 1948Captain 1953Major1958Lieutenant Colonel 1963Colonel Medals:Colonel J. van Golen was entitled to the following medals: Cross of MeritWar remembrance cross with the following clasps: - Netherlands may 1940- Normandie 1944- War on land 1940 ? 1945Resistance memorial crossCross for Order and Peace with the following clasps:- 1946 - 1947- 1948 - 1949 Officer?s Long Service Decoration with the number XXXVNijmegen Marching CrossProficiency medal from the Dutch Olympic Comit? in Bronze1939 ? 1945 Star (United Kingdom)France and Germany Star (United Kingdom)Defence Medal (United Kingdom)War Medal (United Kingdom)Photo's will follow soon Edited January 30, 2007 by Herr General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 So this was the group you mentioned to me??I'm eager to find out what the pictures looked like.p.s.Victory Medal (United Kingdom)Don't you mean the war medal?? After WW2, no victory medals were handed out... Only for the first world war.Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Ofcourse your right, it is the War Medal. Yes this is the group we talked about.Here's our man before the war: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 His medal bar. Made before he received his British medals. He also choose not to wear his Nijmegen Marching Cross in this set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 His medal bar. Made before he received his British medals. He also choose not to wear his Nijmegen Marching Cross in this set.Lovely bar !!! Yummy Correctly without the 4-days marching medal as it's only authorised in the military to be worn in the year the participation to the march took place.I take it this is a surplus group of the colonel as the UK medals and XXXV Officer's LS cross aren't amongst those ? Excellent group in any case !!!Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 His miniature and ribbonbar( My camera appears to be broken. I can't focus with it. I will try to make better photo's in the following days! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Lovely bar !!! Yummy Correctly without the 4-days marching medal as it's only authorised in the military to be worn in the year the participation to the march took place.I take it this is a surplus group of the colonel as the UK medals and XXXV Officer's LS cross aren't amongst those ? Excellent group in any case !!!Cheers,HendrikHi Hendrik. I think that he never updated his mini and fullsize ribbonbar. Maybe he didn't want to wear a long row of medals? He received permission to wear his British medals in 1983, only 7 years before his dead. His resistance memorial cross: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Some small items:And lots and lots of paper to read in the following days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 In the police:After the war in the Princes Irene Brigade: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Correctly without the 4-days marching medal as it's only authorised in the military to be worn in the year the participation to the march took place.HendrikHello Hendrik,this is indeed a nice bar, but the 4days marching cross was allowed to wear permanently as is any other medal of the Netherlands, as it's also a royal decoration in the netherlands.Your description of the restriction is for the belgian medal of the march of the IJser if I'm correct.Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) p.s.How comes he's wearing 4 stars on his OHK, while he has only 3 clasps on his war commemorative cross??Also what is he wearing just below his button on the first picture??kind regards,Jacky Edited January 30, 2007 by Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) p.s.How comes he's wearing 4 stars on his OHK, while he has only 3 clasps on his war commemorative cross??Also what is he wearing just below his button on the first picture??kind regards,JackyThat was a mistake by the Van Wielik firm. They believed he also received the ,,Arnhem-Nijmegen-Walcheren 1944" clasp.I think that he is wearing the Nijmegen March cross in that picture! Edited January 30, 2007 by Herr General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 This document is to big for my scanner. He received this in honor of finishing the Dutch Higher Military school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Herr General Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 This is all so far ( haven't started on the three maps! )What I can't find is a diploma for the Merit Cross. Does anyone know if these where given to recipients? Or did they only receive a copy of the royal decree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 As far as I know, one received a copy of the royal decree, but I think we will have to wait untill the master reveals it all......he's moving at the moment I thought...Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 I found some more interesting papers. Including several battle orders from Indonesia with hand drawn maps etc. Also all of his military ID cards are in the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That was a mistake by the Van Wielik firm.Hmmm... no mistake, usual Van Wielik delivery: never what you asked!Since they got new owners at the end of the 1980's most medal bars come wrong when returned to it's owner. Last time I heard someone had brought his medals to Van Wielik he had to wait 7 months before they finished and three of his medals were in the wrong place By the way: Very nice group and certainly worth the money you paid for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Thanks. I haven't found the time to read all the papers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 That was a mistake by the Van Wielik firm. They believed .....I think that they should be less thinking and more checking books and references!!!And they're quite expensive too,Now I know a few more adresses for mounting medals and batons.Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBoy Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Lovely Dutch bar and great that it comes with the documents and other paperwork and items! Always interesting to see awards from the old Motherland... Matthijs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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