Mobilisatiekruis 1914-1918

The 1914–1918 Mobilisation Cross [Mobilisatiekruis 1914-1918], also called the “Mobilisation Commemorative Cross” in a ministerial notice of 1925, is a private decoration.

The cross was instituted by the “National Committee for the Commemoration of the 1914 Mobilisation” on 1 August 1924, and an Army Order of 1924 authorised military personnel to wear the cross and its ribbon bar on their uniforms. No Royal Decree was issued, but the Army Order does state that “Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased, as a token of appreciation for the services rendered to the country by the armed forces during the state of mobilisation, to determine that the commemorative cross instituted by the National Committee for the Commemoration of the 1914 Mobilisation may also be worn in uniform—both on and off duty.”

All those who performed any kind of military service with the land or sea forces in the Netherlands or the Overseas Territories during the period August 1914–November 1918 shall be entitled to wear the commemorative cross.

The cross shall be worn after the long-service decoration, but before foreign orders of knighthood and decorations.