Sources of Information
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. - Op Gouden Voet. Jan Cottaar. 1966. - Vierdaagse Nijmegen. Een Beeldverslag. 1980. - De Wereld Wandelt. 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 Kuennn. Uit de geschiedenis van KNBLO-NL. Annemarie de Knecht-van Eekelen. 2008.* - De Vierdaagse. Het Grooteste evenement van Nederland. Tirion, publishers. 2009. - Via Gladiola. 100 jaar Vierdaagse ten voeten uit. Marjolein van Rotterdam. Kosmos, publishers. 2009.
* 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.
DVD in Dutch
- De Nijmeegse Vierdaasge, In Tal val Archiefbeelden Published by de Gelderlander. 2009.
Websites.
The official VIERDAAGSE WEBSITE is at:
This includes a brief summary of current awards:
a note on history of Cross :
and a brief history of the marches:
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)
It covers a wide range of Dutch decorations, although not the Vierdaagse cross.
Medals of the Nijmegen Vierdaagse.
From 1909 to the present day.
