Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Army Long Service Medal, Gold Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a manufacture date of

with a manufacture date of “1939”

III Class with Oak Leaves

9 cm (w) x 16

each with a single reinforced vertical buttonhole meeting a pebbled zinc button

marked by maker’s mark of Friedrich Rothe

Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Army Long Service Medal, Gold Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a manufacture date of(Medaille voor Langdurige, Eerlijke en Trouwe Dienst), a First Class long service medal struck in silver with a gold gilt finish, featuring on the obverse the crowned royal monogram W of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, encircled by the inscription VOOR VERDIENSTE (For Merit) and flanked by laurel branches, the reverse bearing the inscription JE MARINITIENDE (For Military Service) surrounding a central shield charged with a bugle horn emblem,