Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Army Long Service Medal, Gold Grade United Republic of Eduard Stripek

Eduard Stripek

a second Black Grade award

surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurels

Medal for Distinguished Service (in copper gilt on bronze

probably an Iron Trefoil

Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Army Long Service Medal, Gold Grade United Republic of Eduard Stripek(Medaille voor Langdurige, Eerlijke en Trouwe Dienst), a First Class long service medal struck in silver with a gold gilt finish, featuring on the obverse the crowned royal monogram W of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, encircled by the inscription VOOR VERDIENSTE (For Merit) and flanked by laurel branches, the reverse bearing the inscription JE MARINITIENDE (For Military Service) surrounding a central shield charged with a bugle horn emblem,