Netherlands Expeditions Cross (Expeditie-Kruis). 2nd Type Portrait Obverse. With clasps (or 'Gespen') 'Atjeh 1873-1880'

The Expedition Cross (Expeditiekruis, or Ereteken voor Belangrijke Krijgsbedrijven) was created in 1869, and commemorated 33 different campaigns, including 6 x retrospective campaign going back to 1846. The 33 different campaigns each commemorated by it's own distinctive claspThe medal commemorated various Netherlands colonial campaigns in the Netherlands East Indies & adjoining areas (32 x clasps) and West Africa (1 x clasp)Atjeh: The large and heavily populated province of 'Atjeh' is located on the island of Sumatra, and was the single most fractious territory during the period of Netherlands colonial rule in the East Indies. More campaigns and punitive expeditions were conducted in Atjeh than in any other area of the Netherlands East Indies or for that matter anywhere in the the entire Netherlands coloniesCondition: GVF