Netherlands, Kingdom. A North Sea Flooding Medal, By Vereeniging Voor Penningkunst, C.1953 Newly Listed The second postcard illustrates a

The second postcard illustrates a standing Captain Boelcke

reverse illustrating Lebanese cedars

three gilt stars sit in red enamel at the 11 o’clock

Three and a half weeks after his death

two to Nagoya and one to Kobe

Netherlands, Kingdom. A North Sea Flooding Medal, By Vereeniging Voor Penningkunst, C.1953 Newly Listed The second postcard illustrates a(Watersnoodmedaille). A bronze medal measuring 59 mm in diameter, weighing 69 g, the obverse presents a figure rising out of a body of water, above the inscription WATERSNOOD 1953, the reverse centre features a dove in flight carrying an olive leaf, a reference to Genesis, inscribed GEN. 8: 11, circumscribed with NIL DESPERANDUM (NEVER DESPAIR), maker marked W between the doves tail feathers and wing, with white hard paper case, the exterior stamped