Nederland – Medaille – Rare Dutch Resistance Medal Plaque ”Landelijke Knokploegen” – Resistance actions – great patina

Rare Dutch Resistance Medal Plaque awarded to resistance members just after WW2. This plaque consists of a silver-plated plaque mounted on a mahogany plank. As suspension, a 'silver' plate with an eye is attached to the rear. If desired, the name of the recipient could be engraved here. Such plaques were issued by the LO-LKP Foundation. The maker was the company Mesker from Schoonhoven. Rare medal plaque to find! See also the Geillustreerde Bax, part 2. the plaque can swivel because the attachment on the bottom is loose, but for display this is absolutely no issue at all. See also our other interesting WW2 items that we have on offer on catawiki!History of the LO LKPDue to the strongly increasing repression of the German occupier and the aftermath of the April-May strikes, the need increased rapidly. Therefore, the LO leadership decided on August 14, 1943 to establish its own Knokploegen and the bundling of existing ones. The members Hilbert van Dijk and Izaak van der Horst (both from Kampen) were charged with this, together with the leader of the Westland Knokploeg Leendert Valstar and the professional soldier Liepke Scheepstra in hiding. Later, Theodorus Dobbe, Johannes Post and Jan van Bijnen... lees verder bij Catawiki