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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows what kind of medal this is and where it might be from. It appears to be a military medal but I have no clue if it really is military. Weight: 15,30 grams, diameter: 50mm Thanks in advance!     Edited by canary01
09/11/2022 11:37 am
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@can, it looks to me like there may be one or more hallmarks around the rim, such as at about seven o'clock. Can you please post close-ups of these details? Thx.
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@spence Thanks for your reply, I've added a close up of the hallmark
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Probably a medal from the Netherlands. The crown is the Netherlands crown and the hallmark (for silver) is als a Netherlands mark. It might have been issued for policemen but I do not recognise the medal. The first, or first two?, initial is a mystery to me. The last letter clearly is A.
There is a book about police award medals from the Netherlands: Voor trouwe plichtsbetrachting - onderscheidingen van de Nederlandse Politie", E.H. Müller (2004). I do not have this book but will try to find one in a library.
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Wow Eligius. Nice info for the OP and way to go the extra mile!
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Yes good call @eli! By the way, those two letters look like MA to me.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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The book could not be found so I emailed the author who happens to be the owner of a site about Dutch award medals: https://www.onderscheidingen.nl/ (this badge is not listed on the site) He sent me the following reply: This is a badge worn by the members of the senate of the student associations of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie (Royal Military Academy) in Breda, the Netherlands. This explains the initials: MA, so indeed the first letter is an M. He also replied that the badge is not complete as the back, which has an inscription stating the function of the owner, is not present. I think this actual medal dates from the early 1900's. The student association has a website where a photo of the present senate, wearing their badges, can be seen: https://cadettencorps.nl/ The present logo is different as can be seen on this commemorative medal for the 150 years anniversary of the academy in 1978.  |
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Great research Eli.  I had found this one only https://www.quartermaster.nl/index....e-19999.html prior to your posts but it matches only the MA with slight differences and crown and mentioned WWI/WWII timeframe but not the rest of the design so was giving clues only where it was from and not the exact medal, but you have fully explained with your further research and confirms its accurate info. Why not ask the store?  The description translated to: The Netherlands Defense Academy (NLDA) annually trains approximately 700 cadets and students to become officers. The KMA provides military and technical training and training for officers for the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. Edited by datadragon
09/12/2022 2:20 pm
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In addition I found an older medal, dates from 1909. This prize medal was awarded in 1915, it has an older version of the initials, looking more like those on the badge.  |
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Thanks a lot for all your replies and effort !!
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