Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2368523
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
Nederland Medaille voor langdurige, eerlijke en trouwe dienst
Value
Year
1824
Collection / set
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
24 jaar, zilver, militair opgemaakt
Obverse
W
Reverse
VOOR TROUWEN DIENST
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
27
Number
Details

The badge of honor was awarded to members of the armed forces below the rank of officer in bronze for 12 years and in silver for 24 years of service. Royal Decree No. 67 of April 13, 1859 also instituted a gold medal for 36 years of service. The tropical years, years spent in the Dutch East Indies, counted twice for pensions and medals. That is why soldiers in Java received their silver medal after only 12 years. In contrast, the gold medal was not received until after 25 years of actual service and not after 18 years in the tropics. In a Royal Decree of January 25, 1951, the "W", which fitted the three consecutive kings and also Queen Wilhelmina, was replaced by the "J" of Juliana. Queen Beatrix has determined in a Royal Decree of 20 May 1983 that her initial will not appear on the medals. On that day she placed the founder's old initial on the medal again

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