Netherlands, Kingdom. A North Sea Flooding Medal, By Vereeniging Voor Penningkunst, C.1953 Auction Archive blue and white embroidery

blue and white embroidery

grip in white colored synthetic material

moderate material fatigue is evident to the ribbon bar and case

88mm (w) x 62

the obverse consisting of an oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Netherlands, Kingdom. A North Sea Flooding Medal, By Vereeniging Voor Penningkunst, C.1953 Auction Archive blue and white embroidery(Watersnoodmedaille). A bronze medal measuring 59 mm in diameter, weighing 69 g, the obverse presents a figure rising out of a body of water, above the inscription WATERSNOOD 1953, the reverse centre features a dove in flight carrying an olive leaf, a reference to Genesis, inscribed GEN. 8: 11, circumscribed with NIL DESPERANDUM (NEVER DESPAIR), maker marked W between the doves tail feathers and wing, with white hard paper case, the exterior stamped