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

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
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