Infantryman Major Gijs Gardener gets the Military Order of William for his constant heroic, discreet and courageous act “during a deployment to Afghanistan. The award is given to him on December 4 by King Willem-Alexander of the Binnenhof in The Hague, was the Department of Defense announced Monday
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Major Gijs Gardener Photo: TLG <- RSPEAK_START ->
The last one was an Order of William, was <- - google_ad_section_start ()> command Captain Marco Kroon in 2009, there are four carriers of the Military Order of William in life, two Dutch, a Briton and an American. In addition, some national and international military units that have received the award.
Commando Gardener’s been five times in Afghanistan and several times in Africa. In 2009, he got all the bravery Bronze Lion. The thirties has briefly worked as a consultant after his broadcasts, but is now back at Defense as active duty military.
The Military Order of William, the highest Dutch bravery and highest knighthood. King William I in 1815 gave the first order to Crown Prince Frederick William of Orange-Nassau for bravery, leadership and loyalty during the campaign against Napoleon.
In the presentation of the insignia of the Order of William shares the king a knight stroke. He saves the new knight before with the flat hand on the shoulder. The other knights followed the prince
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