Miniature war memorial cross second world war - Netherlands

Miniature version measuring 16 x 16mm of the War Remembrance Cross for Warfare Operations in bronze. On the medal is the image of Queen Wilhelmina in oval and four Ws at the ends, marked on the reverse with Kon. Begeer, Voorschoten.Patina is of very good quality considering its age.

Has hardly any signs of use. The ribbon is completely original.

The War Remembrance Cross was instituted in the Netherlands by Royal Decree No. 6 of 16 March 1944 and replaced the old Ereteken voor Important Krijgsbedrijven. The latter decoration was awarded for special campaigns but the War Memorial Cross was a much more general decoration for all those who had served in the armed forces or in the merchant fleet, fishing fleet or civil aviation during the war against Germany, Japan and their allies.