Netherlands. Undated (1946). Tribute to Queen Wilhelmina – Leadership during the Resistance, 1940–1945. By Joop Hekman. Manufactured by Koninklijke Begeer.
Obverse: Bust of Queen Wilhelmina facing right, wearing a diadem and necklace. Legend: WILHELMINA – KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN. Artist’s monogram on the shoulder; maker’s mark K.B.V. below.
Reverse: Two hands holding a flaming torch and a fruit-bearing orange branch above the five-line inscription: WANNEER UIT DONKREN TIJD / ORANJE EEN WEG ZAL WIJZEN / ZOO ZAL IN EEUWIGHEID / ONS NEDERLAND / HERRIJZEN. Artist’s monogram below.
Issued in 1946 to commemorate Queen Wilhelmina’s leadership during the Dutch resistance to German occupation, 1940–1945.
References: KB V 1659; Bax, Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 1950, no. 41.
Weight: 80 g. Diameter: 60 mm.
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