Herr General Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 (edited) Small but nice. This is a small ribbon from the Dutch bravery award the Bronze Cross and the British Royal Victorian Order. I received this from a close friend from the Dutch Veteran who use to wear this. The name of the veteran is Jacobus ( Jack ) Gerardus Brouwer. Jack was a resistance fighter during wwII, fought in the Dutch east Indies and did also a lot for the relationship between Holland, Germany and Great Britain.He died in 2005, just a few months after I met him on Nederweert cemetery.Col. Georgie Dee, Reverend Glynn Williams and Jack Brouwer in front of the grave of Henry Eric Harden VC Royal Army Medical CorpsI will try to post a list of his awards latere on. Edited February 21, 2007 by Herr General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 (edited) Medals, Orders and Decorations from J. G. BrouwerDutch / Knight in the Order of Oranje NassauDutch / Bronze CrossDutch / War Remembrance Cross with clasp War on land 1940 - 1945Dutch / Resistance Memorial CrossDutch / Cross of Order and Peace with 4 clasps 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, Dutch / Remembrance medal UN peace operationsDutch / Officers long service Cross for XXV years of serviceDutch / Army MedalDutch / Four day march cross with crownDutch / Medal of the Dutch Olympic ComityDutch / Air Raid ProtectionDutch / Badge of the National Union for Harmonic Physical Education 2nd gradeDutch / Cross of Merit of the Union of Brothers-in-ArmsDutch / Wounded CrossDutch / Badge of the Interior Forces ( Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten )UN / United Nations Truce Supervision Organization MedalCEAC France / Membership CrossCEAC Germany / Membership CrossGB / Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian OrderGB / Member British EmpirePoland / Polish Cross of Merit in silverMaybe Erik Muller can fill in the unknown medals! Edited February 21, 2007 by Herr General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Unknown/LM = Dutch/Army MedalUnknown/HLO.2 = Dutch/Badge of the National Union for Harmonic Physical Education 2nd gradeUnknown/KBVW = Dutch/Cross of Merit of the Union of Brothers-in-ArmsUnknown/PKZ.2 = Poland/Polish Cross of Merit in silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Unknown/LM = Dutch/Army MedalUnknown/HLO.2 = Dutch/Badge of the National Union for Harmonic Physical Education 2nd gradeUnknown/KBVW = Dutch/Cross of Merit of the Union of Brothers-in-ArmsUnknown/PKZ.2 = Poland/Polish Cross of Merit in silverThank you for making the list complete, Didn't he also wear the bundesverdienstkreuz ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Thank you for making the list complete, Didn't he also wear the bundesverdienstkreuz ?Yes he did, he held the Cross of Merit 1st class. He also had a list of semi-official and unofficial medals I don't mention on my site. I will post you the article Henny Meijer wrote on him in the weekend. This article gives a full list of all 60 honours he received Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Thanks Erik, wow 60 awards!Meeting this man and hearing him tell how he earned his Bronze Cross was what started my interest in Dutch Awards. This Ribbon was the first Dutch item I got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 If my memory serves me correct,I have seen this paper too, and yes, I must have it elsewere!!Got them from Henny Meijer.But the other man, the colonel on the left?? Who's he? And what's his medal bar??Kind regardsJacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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