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The first king of the Netherlands, William I, founded the Military Order of William and a civilian order, the Order of the Netherlands Lion. His successors founded several orders of merit and some two hundred medals, stars and crosses. The Netherlands never established a colonial order for the Dutch East Indies.
Military awards and decorations of the Netherlands (6 C, 20 P) Orders of chivalry of the Netherlands (6 C, 10 P) D. Recipients of the Dutch Cross of Resistance (12 P) R.
The Decoration for Order and Peace (Dutch: Ereteken voor Orde en Vrede) is a military award of the Netherlands. The medal was established on 12 December 1947 by royal decree of Queen Wilhelmina. The medal commemorates at least three months of service in the Dutch East Indies and adjacent waters during the Indonesian National Revolution.
The Order ranks after the Military William Order, which is only awarded for military merit. The second and third class of the Order are not awarded to foreigners; they are eligible for the Order of Orange-Nassau or the Order of the Crown instead. The King (or Queen) of the Netherlands is the Grand Master of the Order.
Former Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Ark (1980–2013) Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2021) [5] Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (2021) [5] Princess Alexia of the Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion ...
In the modern age, the Orange-Nassau is still the most active civil and military decoration of the Netherlands, and ranks after the Order of the Netherlands Lion. The order is typically awarded each year on the Monarch's official birthday (currently April 27) with around 3500 appointments to the order made public. The order is also used to ...
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In 1940, the Order was awarded to soldiers who had served with extreme valour in the defence of the Netherlands from the invasion by Nazi-Germany. In 1944 and 1945, with the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation, the Order was again awarded, this time to Dutch citizens as well as members of the Allied forces for deeds of gallantry.