Commemorative Medal Peace Operations ( Herinneringsmedaille Vredesoperaties).Cross for Law and Liberty, for Korean service 1950-53 ( Kruis voor Recht en Vrijheid).Mobilisation War Cross 1940-1945 ( Mobilisatie-Oorlogskruis).New Guinea Commemorative Cross ( Nieuw-Guinea Herinneringskruis).Decoration for Order and Peace ( Ereteken voor Orde en Vrede).Resistance Commemorative Cross ( Verzetsherdenkingskruis).War Commemorative Cross ( Oorlogsherinneringskruis).Expedition Cross ( Ereteken voor Belangrijke Krijgsbedrijven).Silver Memorial Cross 1813-15, awarded 1865 ( Zilveren Herdenkingskruis).Decoration of Merit ( Ereteken voor Verdienste)Ĭommemorative awards for military operations.Medal of Recognition 1940-1945 ( Erkentelijkheidsmedaille).Medal of the Red Cross ( Medaille van het Rode Kruis).Flood Disaster Medal ( Watersnoodmedaille).Museum Medal (Erepenning voor Verdiensten jegens Openbare Verzamelingen ).Medal of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute ( Medaille van het Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut).Resistance Star East Asia ( Verzetsster Oost-Azië).Honorable Mention ( Eervolle Vermelding).Order of the Crown, established as a separate group of the House Order of Orange by Queen Juliana in 1969.Medal of Honour for Art and Science ( Eremedaille voor Kunst en Wetenschap).
Medal of Honour for Ingenuity and Entrepenuership ( Eremedaille voor Voortvarendheid en Vernuft).The Order for Loyalty and Merit, established as a separate group of the House Order of Orange by Queen Juliana in 1969.Order of the House of Orange, instituted by Queen Wilhelmina in 1905, reorganized by Queen Juliana in 1969.Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, founded on 31 March 1858 by King-Grand Duke William III.Order of Orange-Nassau, founded on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma.Order of the Netherlands Lion, founded on 29 September 1815 by King William I.Honorary Medal for Charitable Assistance ( Erepenning voor Menslievend Hulpbetoon).Dutch Cross of Resistance ( Verzetskruis 1940–1945).Cross for Courage and Fidelity ( Kruis voor Moed en Trouw).Military William Order, founded on 30 April 1815 by King William I.Orders of chivalry and similar distinctions 7 Awards from international organizations.6 Awards from Dutch private organizations.4 Other officially recognised knightly orders.3.5 Commemorative medals and awards for skill.3.3 Commemorative awards for military operations.1 Orders of chivalry and similar distinctions.The orders, decorations and medals are listed in that order below. The order of wear of Dutch Honours is published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands never established a colonial order for the Dutch East Indies. His successors founded several orders of merit and some two hundred medals, stars and crosses. The first king of the Netherlands, William I, founded the Military Order of William and a civilian order, the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
The "King of Holland" founded an "Orde van de Unie", (English: Order of the Union, later dubbed "Order of Holland" then "Royal Order of Holland"). The Kingdom of Holland was founded in 1805 to provide a throne for Napoleon's younger brother Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte. The Batavian Republic, founded after the French invasion of 1795, did not institute any orders or medals. It was the first modern Dutch decoration. In 1781 a medal called the "Doggersbank medaille" was awarded to the officers who took part in the Battle of the Dogger Bank against the British fleet. Instead so called "Beloningspenningen", golden medals on golden chains, were given as gifts to ambassadors and successful admirals. The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands did not possess an order of knighthood. This order still exists in Spain and in the Austrian imperial House. Their successors, the House of Burgundy, founded the famous Order of the Golden Fleece. The oldest were founded by the counts of Holland. Over the centuries, hundreds of medals, decorations for merit or valour and orders of knighthood have been instituted by the successive governments of the Netherlands. The house orders, however, are awarded at the discretion of the Dutch monarch alone. In the Dutch honours system, most orders are the responsibility of ministers of the Netherlands Government. Grand cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.