Orders, Decorations and Medals of The Netherlands

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Orders

• Military Order of William
• Order of the Dutch Lion
• Order of Oranje-Nassau
• Order of the Oak Crown
• Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau
• House Order of Oranje
• Order of the Crown

Decorations

• Cross for Courage and Loyalty
• Medal for Courage and Loyalty
• Resistance Cross
• Medal for Humane Actions
• Honourable Mention
• Bronze Cross
• Flying Cross
• Cross of Merit
• Bronze Lion
• Resistance Star East Asia
• De Ruyter Medal
• Medal of the Red Cross
• Museum Medal
• Flood Medal
• Medal of Gratitude
• Medal for Native Civil Merit
• Star for Loyalty and Merit
• Award for Merit

Service Medals

• Silver Commemorative Cross 1813-15
• Liberation of Den Briel Medal 1813
• Capture of Fort Duquesne Medal 1813
• Capture of Bois-Le Duc Medal 1814
• Breda Medal for Important Military Service 1813
• Dordrecht Volunteers' Medal 1813
• The Hague Volunteers' Medal 1813
• Siege of Naarden Medal 1814
• Defence of Brussels Medal 1815
• Medal to the Friesian Volunteer Riflemen 1815
• Java War Medal 1825-30
• Metal Cross 1830-31
• Metal Cross Volunteers 1830-31
• Siege of Antwerp Medal
• Expedition Cross
• Atjeh War Medal 1873-74
• Lombok Cross 1894
• War Commemorative Cross 1940-45
• Resistance Commemoration Cross
• Star for Order and Peace
• New Guinea Commemorative Cross
• Mobilisation War Cross 1939-45
• Cross for Justice and Liberty
• Medal for UN Peace Operations
• Medal for Multinational Peace Operations
• Kosovo Medal
• Medal for Humanitatian Services After Disasters
• The Commemorative Medal for Peacekeeping Operations

Long Service Awards

• Officers' Cross
• Officers' Cross for the Naval Engineering Service
• Officers' Cross for Naval Reserve and Militia
• NCOs' Long Service Medal
• County Constabulary Long Service Medal
• Volunteer Medal
• Volunteer Medal for Public Order and Safety

Royal Commemoratives

• Inauguration Medal 1898
• Wedding Medal 1901
• Silver Wedding Medal 1926
• Honour Guard Medal 1933
• Wedding Medal 1937
• Inauguration Medal 1938
• Silver Wedding Medal 1962
• Wedding Medal 1966
• Inauguration Medal 1980
• Medal for the Royal Visit Netherlands-Antilles 1980
• The Commemorative Medal for Foreign Visits

Other Medals

• Commemorative Medal for the Peace Conference in the Hague 1907
• Royal Prize for Shooting Matches
• Medal for Marksmen 1st Class
• Master Sharpshooter Insignia
• Royal Netherlands Navy Mastergunner Insignia
• Proficiency Medal of the Royal Netherlands-Indies Army
• Shooting Prize Star
• Proficiency Medal of the Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Princess Irene'
• Navy Medal
• Commemorative Medal Voluntary Police 1948-98

Miscellaneous

• Sovereign Order of Malta, Dutch Baliwick
• Johanniter Order in the Netherlands
• Sovereign Order of St Jacob of Holland
• Silver Carnation
• Princely Order of the Golden Ark
• Rescue Medal Queen Emma
• Carnegie Hero Fund Medal
• Police Medal for Service in the Amsterdam Municipal Police
• Cross of Merit of the Netherlands Red Cross
• Medal of Merit of the Netherlands Red Cross
• Medal for Faithful Service in the Netherlands Red Cross
• Commemorative Cross 1939-45 of the Netherlands Red Cross
• Commemorative Cross 1940-45 of the Netherlands Red Cross
• Blood Donor's Medal of the Netherlands Red Cross
• Marching Cross
• Caretakers' Medal
• Gold Proficiency Medal of the NSF
• Gold Proficiency Medal of the NOC
• Proficiency Medal of the NOC/NSF
• National Pentathlon Cross
• Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Society Medal
• Medal of the Netherlands-Indies Aeronautical Society
• Cross of Merit of the Netherlands League of Volunteer Home Guards
• Medal for Special Zeal of the Netherlands League of Volunteer Home Guards
• Medal of Honour of the Amsterdam Volunteer Home Guard
• Cross for the Formerly Mobilised Amsterdam Volunteer Home Guard 1914-18
• HLO/NOC Badge
• Cross for Long Service with the Fire Department
• Commemorative Medal Youth Fire Department
• Medal of the Netherlands Fire Department
• Medal for Faithful Police Service
• Cross for Faithful Police Service
• Faithful Service Medal Surinam Police
• Police Cross for the Inauguration Celebrations 1898
• Police Medal for the Railway Strike 1903
• Police Cross for the Jubilee Celebrations 1923
• Police Medal for the Engagement Celebrations 1936
• Police Cross for the Jubilee Celebrations 1938
• Police Cross for the Inauguration Celebrations 1948
• Police Proficiency Medal
• Police Swimming Proficiency Medal
• Cross of Honour of the Amsterdam Police Gymnastics and Sports Society
• Medal of the South Holland Life Saving Society
• Faithful Service Medal of the South Holland Life Saving Society
• Medal of the North and South Holland Life Saving Society
• Commemorative Medal 1939-45 of the North and South Holland Life Saving Society
• Medal of the Life Saving Society
• KXIII Surveying Medal
• Cross of the Royal Netherlands Officers' Reserve Association
• Prince Maurice Medal of the Royal Netherlands Army Society
• Medal of Special Merit of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Society
• Mobilisation Cross 1914-18
• White Mobilisation Cross 1914-18
• Cross of Merit of the National Organisation 'The Mobilisation Cross'
• Honswijk Fortress Commemorative Medal 1914
• Honswijk Fortress Reunion Cross 1934
• Air Raid Precaution Commemorative Medal 1940-45
• Cross and Medal of the Society of Dutch Military War and Service Victims
• Airborne March Medal of the Police Sports Association Renkum
• Major J.J. Vermuelen March of the Military Police Force
• Life Saver Course Proficiency Insignia

Dutch personnel may also qualify for the following international medals: -

United Nations

• UNSTO
• Korea Service
• UNOGIL
• ONUC
• UNIPOM
• UNYOM
• UNDOF
• UNIFIL
• UNTAG
• UNAVEM
• UNTAC
• UNPROFOR
• UNOSOM
• ONUMOZ
• UNCRO
• UNPREDEF
• UNOMIL
• UNMIH
• UNTAES
• UNMIBH
• UNOMUR
• UNAMIR
• UNFICYP
• UN Headquarters Service
• UN Special Service

Other International Organisations

• MFO Medal
• NATO Medal for SFOR
• NATO Medal for KFOR
• Medal of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia
• European Combat Veterans' Medal
• Medal of the West European Union