Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A group of eight attributed to Captain J. M. Vermeijs, Dutch Army

Netherlands, Commemorative War Cross, 1 clasp, Nederland Mei 1940; Cross for Order and Peace 1945-49; Officer’s L.S. Cross, for 30 years, Amsterdam Volunteer Home Guards 24 Hour Touring Car Medal 1932, silver and enamel, obverse bearing the cypher, ‘BAV’; U.S.A., Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s Badge, enamelled, reverse engraved with the initials, ‘J.M.V.’; U.S.A., Victory Medal 1918, reproduction type 1; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918; Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, small silver, mounted Dutch style by Van Wielik, The Hague, unnamed except where stated, good very fine and better (8) £240-280

J. M. Vermeijs was born in 1894. In the Officer List of 1959 he is listed as a Reserve Officer in the Army, Technical Services (Engineers). Appointed 1st Lieutenant in July 1929; Captain, February 1939; Major, October 1948 and Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1948. With some copied research.