Netherlands, NSB. A Rare 1940 Commemorative Medal, Bronze Grade, Recipient-Named Example Auction one for a Silver Merit

one for a Silver Merit Medal of the Baden Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order

demonstrating minor loss of finish and a small spot of oxidation to the upper left quadrant of the swastika

dzen laiviņu” (Latvian - Blow little wind

Wrapped around the hilt is a matching portepee

Footnote: Franklin Marion Gentry

Netherlands, NSB. A Rare 1940 Commemorative Medal, Bronze Grade, Recipient-Named Example Auction one for a Silver MeritConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised mobile swastika defaced by a Wolfsangel, surrounded by a wreath of roses with a chain overlaying the bottom, circumscribed by an inscription of LOTSVERBONDENHEID 10 14 MEI 1940 (FATEFUL UNION 10 14 MAY 1940), the reverse bearing inscription of SAAMGEDREVEN DOOR HET LOT VEREEND IN GEVAAR (DRAWN TOGETHER BY DESTINY, UNITED IN DANGER) and DIETSCHES EN DUITCHES VERBONDEN IN DIE TOEKOMST (DUTCHMEN AND