Netherlands, Kingdom. A North Sea Flooding Medal, By Vereeniging Voor Penningkunst, C.1953 Auction Archive A First War Italian Order

A First War Italian Order of the Crown Medal Bar - Order of the Crown of Italy (Gold

88mm (w) x 62

on triangular War Decoration ribbon

The interior bears a 48 mm-wide tan-coloured leather sweatband which is securely held in place by machine stitching

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 A First War Italian Order(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