Netherlands, Kingdom. Order Of Orange-Nassau, Gold And Silver Grade Medals

(Ordre van Oranje-Nassau). Instituted in 1892.

Includes: 1. I Class Gold Grade Medal, Civil Division: in silver gilt, measuring 27 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension.

2. II Class Silver Grade Medal, Military Division: in silver, measuring 26.2 mm (w) x 46 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension.

Very light contact, together, near extremely fine.

Footnote: The Order of Orange-Nassau is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on April 4, 1892 by the Queen regent Emma, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has earned special merits for society". These are people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for the special way in which they have carried out their activities. The lower grades of the order are comparable with the ranks of the Order of the British Empire in the United Kingdom, but titles, prefixes or post-nominals (other than academic ones) are not used in the Netherlands (the only exception being for members of the Military William Order).