Medals of the Nijmegen Vierdaagse.
Sources of Information
From 1909 to the present day.
There is limited published material on the various awards of the Nijmegen Vierdaagse. The souces below deal more generally with either the Vierdaagse or with Dutch medals and decorations. A number of them do however include some useful references to the Vierdaagse awards.
Books in Dutch.
- De Vierdaagsche, Praat en Plaat, J.N Breunese. 1933. - De 4-daagsche. Vico Actus. 1940. - Waarom ik de 30ste Vierdaagsche te Nijmegen niet mag leiden. Majoor J.N. Breunese, z.j. 1946 - Op Gouden Voet. Jan Cottaar. 1966. - Vierdaagse Nijmegen. Een Beeldverslag. 1980. - De Wereld Wandelt. 1991. - Met de blik op oneindig (en het verstand op nul) - de Vierdaagse in de Literatuur. Marcel M. Claassen. 1991 - De Vierdaagsche. Een dagboek van de heer O.J.Wiering over de Vierdaagse 1939. Antiquariaat / Boekhandel van Hoorn. Nijmegen 1997. - Onderscheidingen, Eretekens en Sportprijzen voor Vaardigheid. H.G.Meijer, & B.W. Wagenaar. 2000. - 50 Jaar Vereniging Gouden kruisdragers Vierdaagse. 2003. - Willen is Kunnen. Uit de geschiedenis van KNBLO-NL. Annemarie de Knecht-van Eekelen. 2008.* - De Vierdaagse. Het grootste evenement van Nederland. Tirion, publishers. 2009. - Via Gladiola. 100 jaar Vierdaagse ten voeten uit. Marjolein van Rotterdam. Kosmos, publishers. 2009. - Vijftig Jaar Gods Volk Onderweg. De Vierdaagsemis 1962-2011. Dr Floris Langen, 2011.
* General history of the KNBLO, but with much information on the Nijmegen Vierdaagse.
Book in English.
- Orders and decorations of the Netherlands. H.G.Meijer, C.P.Mulder and B.W. Wagenaar. 1984. - Naafi, Knickers & Nijmegen, Adventures of a WRAF Airwoman, 1959-63. Joan Blackburn. Woodfield Publishing Ltd. 2010.
* Includes a vivid account of the 1962 Marches by one of the first Bitish servicewomen to participate.
DVDs in Dutch.
- De Nijmeegse Vierdaagse, In Tal val Archiefbeelden Produed by de Gelderlander. 2009. - De geschiedenis van De Vierdaagse. 2012.
Produced jointly by a number of NL media bodies. Sold at 4daagse's Wedren shop.
* Both contain extensive film footage of the Marches over the years, and interviews with participants and organisers.
Websites.
The official VIERDAAGSE WEBSITE is at:
This includes a:
- brief summary of current awards:
- note on history of Cross :
- brief history of the marches:
- video of the cross's manufacturing process:
The NIJMEGEN WALKING GROUP / British-Dutch Walking Fellowship. This includes details of their participation in the Vierdaagse:
NOVIOMAGUS.NL covers the history of Nijmegen:
It has a history of the marches in Dutch & English:
WIKIPEDIA includes:
An English article on the Nijmegen Marches:
and Dutch language articles on:
The Vierdaagse:
The Vierdaagsekruis:
The VIERDAAGSEWIKI is a Wikiedia style Dutch language site that allows people to add their own information on the history of the Marches. It is run by Nijmegen Regional Archives. It includes:
- a page on the Vierdaagsekruis:
NEDERLANDSE RIDDERORDEN and ONDERSCHEIDINGEN covers Dutch orders and decorations:
DUTCH ORDERS DECORATIONS & MEDALS is a well illustrated English language site.
(NL version has more detail)
(Top right hand side of page)
There are also English language articles on the
the Group and Ordelys' medals, which
summarise the information on this site.
It covers a wide range of Dutch decorations, although not the Vierdaagse cross.
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