Orders, Decorations and Medals

Netherlands, MILITARY ORDER OF WILHELM, 3rd class breast badge in gold and enamels, fitted with swivel-ring straight suspender and ribbon buckle, both in gold, early 19th Century, some enamel damage to green laurel branches and reverse centre otherwise good very fine and very rare

Instituted in April, 1815, as a Reward for Military Services rendered to the King and Country, the Order of Wilhelm, in all its classes, has been awarded fewer times than the British Victoria Cross with which it equates.