Jane Waite

Sir, i am indebted to you for being so kind and helpful. Thank you for your time. If you ever need a nurse..... The lady who owns the medal had it handed down from her grandfather, from the North East England, who was a merchant sailor in the arctic convoys. not sure how he got it though!

I think this will do it. if you double click the photos they get bigger.

The badge is Dutch. The wolfstrap symbol is a a symbol used by the NSB, the Dutch Nazi Party led by A. Mussert. You might find the symbol here: http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/flags/qt-z_sym.html#88 The text commemorates the German invasion in the Netherlands on May 10th -14th 1940. FATE HAS JOINED US TOGETHER 10.14 MAY 1940 DUTCH AND GERMANS (Dietschers=poetic old fashioned word for the Dutch, here it is obviously used to match the word 'Duitschers', the normal word for Germans) DRIVEN TOGETHER BY FATE UNIFIED IN DANGER (in gevaar?) (please send me a clear photograph) BOUND IN THE FUTURE Thank you so much for your help. I am not sure how to send you a photo on this site.

Hi guys, I've been asked to identify/translate a ?dutch german badge/medallion ?dutch nazi medal with a wolftrap symbol on the front over the traditional swastika. The wording on the front is as follows :- LOTSVERBONDENHEID.10.14.MEI 1940 and on the back is the following inscription:- DIETSCHERS EN DUITSCHERS SAAMGEDREVEN DOORHET. LOT VEREEND ????VAAR VERBONDEN IN DE TOEKOMST. I can provide photographs of this if it helps. Can't find it in German insignia books, but think it issued by Germans to Dutch Nazi party, after invasion of May 1940. Would love to know the history behind this if anyone can help.

I am 47yrs old and worked in the south east for 25 years as an operating theatre nurse. I have recently moved to South Shields, where I work with elderly people, in order to be with my fiance who lives in Gateshead. My chap, Phil, is the reason I would like to join the forum. He is a keen and very knowledgeable amateur WW2 historian, with a love for all things of a german military nature. He has no inclination towards modern communication technology though, and I help him out with research on the net. I really wanted to join this forum as we have been given an old medallion/insignia from 1940 with Dutch and german inscriptions on it, but can find no reference to it in his books, or from other people he knows of a similar nature. I thought this might be the forum to find out what it is all about.