Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Apprentice

Awarded on:

February 17th, 1944

"who, as a navigating apprentice on the Dutch s.s. "Polydorus", which was attacked several times by a submarine between the 24th and 26th of November 1942 and torpedoed on the 27th of November of the following year, courageously carried out the task assigned to him by his superiors under dangerous circumstances, partly as a result of which a number of enemy attacks could be repelled."

Royal decree no. 9