A 1940 Dutch National Socialist Movement (NSB) Lotsverbondenheid Medal

"Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland". Bronze gilt, obverse illustrating the NSB wolfsengel fronting a swastika, framed by a flowering plant with a chain intertwined in the base of the plant and running from side to side, surrounded by the inscription "LOTSVERBONDENHEID 10-14 MEI 1940", reverse inscribed "SAAMGEDREVEN DOOR HET LOT / VEREEND IN GEVAAR" in the centre, inscribed "DIETSCHERS EN DUITSCHERS" above and "VERBONDEN IN DE TOEKOMST" below, 40 mm, edge nicks, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine.

Footnote: This medal was given by the NSB, to NSB members and German citizens interned by the Dutch Government during German invasion, from May 10 to May 14, 1940. Elements of the medal, such as the NSB wolfsengel and nazi swastika with the intertwined chain, as well as the inscription on the reverse of the medal, were meant to emphasize the bond the NSB shared with the German Reich. To that end, they awarded three golden ones to figures, such as Seyss-Inquart, Schmidt and Hauptmann Siebel.