The Lombok Cross ( nl, Lombokkruis) is a military award of the

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. The medal was established to commemorate service in the

Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem The Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem took place in 1894, and is part of the string of Dutch interventions in and around Bali that led to complete colonization of both Bali and Lombok by the early 20th century. Initial alliance The isla ...

which took place between June and December 1894. The medal was established on 13 April 1895 by Queen Regent

Emma of the Netherlands Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia; 2 August 1858 – 20 March 1934) was Queen of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of King-Grand Duke William III. An immensely popular member of the Dutch ...

, acting for the underage

Queen Wilhelmina Wilhelmina (; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World Wa ...

Appearance

The medal is a bronze

Cross pattée A cross pattée, cross patty or cross paty, also known as a cross formy or cross formée (french: croix pattée, german: Tatzenkreuz), is a type of Christian cross with arms that are narrow at the centre, and often flared in a curve or straight ...

with concave ends on the arms and ball finials on the points. The

obverse Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, ...

of the cross bears the effigy of the young queen facing right in the center of the cross. Each arm bears an inscription；on the top is ''LOMBOK'', ''MATARAM'' on the left； ''TJAKRA-NEGARA'' on the right, and ''1894'' on the bottom arm. The reverse of the cross depicts the rampant

Dutch lion The coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was originally adopted in 1815 and later modified in 1907. The arms are a composite of the arms of the former Dutch Republic and the arms of the House of Nassau, it features a checkered shield wit ...

in a wreath. The arms are inscribed ''HULDE AAN'' at the top, ''LEGER'' on the left, ''EN'' at the bottom, and ''VLOOT'' on the right (''Homage to Army and Fleet''). The medal hangs from a ring suspension on a ribbon wide of nine equal stripes, five in orange-yellow and four of Nassau blue.

References

{{reflist Military awards and decorations of the Netherlands Military awards and decorations of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army