Medals of the Nijmegen Vierdaagse.

This medal is awarded each year to the Royal Dutch Army detachment judged as having the best conduct during the Marches in terms of training, dress, external appearance and behaviour. Similar medals are also awarded to the best Royal Dutch Navy (including Marines) and Air Force detachments. Navy medals are awarded with a long narrow red, white and blue ribbon to enable them to be worn round the neck when presented.
Finishing ahead of other detachments is not, of course, one of the award criteria, since the marches are not a race. In 1928, the first year foreign military detachments took part, the Norwegian group did treat the event as a race and finished first each day. They were disqualified and denied both the Vierdaagse Cross and the Group Medal!