Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Emmanuel Halleux, Erik Müller and Graham Wilson, who are both always full of encouragement and ready to share information and pictures.

Grateful thanks to Dix Noonan Webb, eMedals, La Galerie Numismatique, Medal-Medaille, Morton & Eden, and Spinks, who have allowed use of pictures from their catalogues.

Links

Antonio Prieto Barrio - Ribbons of the Netherlands - Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4

David Devine - Rusty Knight's Place: Dutch Medals

Jean-Paul LeBlanc - Medals of the Netherlands (Archived July 2014)

Hendrik Meersschaert - Hendrik's Medal Corner: The Netherlands

Erik Müller - The Dutch Medals Page - a marvelously comprehensive collection of medals, ribbons and information (Archived 2022).

Ilja Repetski - World Awards: The Netherlands

Eric Semon - Décorations des Pays-Bas

Sven Vik - World Orders and Medals: Netherlands

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini BENELUX

Yuri Yashnev - For Merit: Kingdom of Netherlands

Antiques A to Z - The Netherlands: Orders, Decorations, Medals

Onderscheidingen forum - Dutch-language forum mostly focussed on the medals of the Netherlands

Orders, Military Medals and Dutch Decorations - fine informative site

Medalju - Ribbons of the Netherlands

Stichting Kroon - Ontdek alles, van ridderorden tot onderscheidingen [Discover everything from Orders of Knighthood to Decorations]

Wikipedia - Lijst van Nederlandse onderscheidingen

MedalBook - Netherlands

Text References

Ball, R.W.D., and Peters, P. (1994) Military Medals, Decorations & Orders of the United States & Europe: A photographic study to the beginning of WW2. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Barac, B. (2013) Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World: Part III Silver Book (G-P). OBOL, Zagreb

Emering, E.J. (2000). New Awards: Gulf War, Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo and East Timor. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 51(5):19-23.

Emering, E.J. (2004) Medals of the 21st Century Afghanistan War: Including Operation "Enduring Freedom" and the International Security Assistance Force Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 55(5):2-16.

Ghossoub, E. (2025) UNIFIL Medal. The Phalerist: Journal of the International Phaleristics Association 3(2): 4-7.

Hieronymussen, P. (1967) Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe Blandford, London.

Ingram, K.R. (1993) Honors, Medals and Awards of the Korean War 1950-1953 Prospect Press, New York

Brigadegeneraal A.C.Zuidema (2002) Koninklijke medailles" 's-Gravenhage.

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