Netherlands, NSB. A Rare 1940 Commemorative Medal, Bronze Grade, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and wrist bracelet

and wrist bracelet

both affixed to a period original card stock backer bearing a maker’s mark of “AD

5 mm x 119 mm leather patch with reinforced stitching along the perimeter edge

Footnote: The Order was instituted by Sultan Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid in 1865

measuring 178 mm (w) x 227 mm (h) x 6 mm (d)

Netherlands, NSB. A Rare 1940 Commemorative Medal, Bronze Grade, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and wrist braceletConstructed 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