Netherlands, Kingdom. An Order Of The Dutch Lion, Commander In Gold, C.1890 Newly Listed (circa 1939 issue)

(circa 1939 issue)

Förste was taken over into the Reichsmarine and promoted to Captain Lieutenant in January 1921

An Imperial Hessen Officer's Belt Buckle - In pressed silvered bronze

SS Île de France

By the end of the war

Netherlands, Kingdom. An Order Of The Dutch Lion, Commander In Gold, C.1890 Newly Listed (circa 1939 issue)(De Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw). Instituted by King William I of the Netherlands on 29 September 1815. Of high quality manufacture in Gold, consisting of a ball tipped enameled white Maltese cross, featuring finely stylized cypher "W" (for King William I) in each quadrant, the obverse presents a central etched crowned Imperial Lion with sword in Gold, the reverse centre with an enameled blue medallion and motto Virtus Nobilitat, the badge is