Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Army Long Service Medal, Gold Grade Auction scattered gilt wear evident on

scattered gilt wear evident on the insignia

under Sir Donald Stewart

In early 1944

5 mm x 28 mm

maker mark “RIDIA RIED INNKREI

Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Army Long Service Medal, Gold Grade Auction scattered gilt wear evident on(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,