Medal of the Red Cross (Netherlands)
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Medal of the Red Cross | |
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![]() The medal and the ribbon bar (silver star is indicating a clasp) | |
Type | Civil decoration |
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Status | Not currently awarded |
Established | 5 October 1910 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Flood disaster Medal |
Next (lower) | Medal of Recognition |
The Medal of the Red Cross is a royal decoration of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to award those who dedicated themselves to and showed important deeds towards the Netherlands Red Cross.
The medal is also named the Dutch government medal because the medal is not created by the Netherlands or international Red Cross, but created by royal decree on 5 October 1910 by the Dutch government. Thereby this medal is an official Dutch royal decoration.
Categories:
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands
- Awards established in 1910
- 1910 establishments in the Netherlands
- Medals of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- Order, decoration, and medal stubs
- Netherlands stubs