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General Snijders Honorary Medal

In 1932, this medal was first awarded to its namesake: General C.J. Snijders. He dedicated himself from 1907 as a champion of Dutch military and civil aviation. Since the early 1930s, 17 individuals with very great merits for aviation and aerospace in the Netherlands received this prestigious medal.

 

In 2017, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, then minister of Defence, presented the General Snijders Honorary Medal to Peter Hartman. The inscription on his medal reads: ‘Intensely involved and inspired director of Dutch aviation.’ Peter Hartman was top executive at KLM from April 2007 to July 2013. The jury gave as the reason for the recognition ‘his unsurpassed dedication and the inspiring determination with which he dedicated himself to Dutch aviation and aerospace’. 

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Portrait photo of the Supreme Commander of the Dutch Army and Navy, General Cornelis Jacobus Snijders

Previously, these individuals received the General Snijders Honorary Medal:

  • 2017 - Peter Hartman

  • 2011 - Retired Lt-general B.A.C. Droste

  • 2007 - L. van Wijk

  • 2004 - P.J. Legro

  • 2000 - Prof. Dr. W.J. Ockels

  • 1997 - Dr. M.J. Schröder

  • 1993 - Retired General H.J. Schaper

  • 1987 - S. Orlandini

  • 1980 - Dr. J.H. Greidanus

  • 1973 - Dr. G. van der Wal

  • 1969 - H. During

  • 1965 - Prof. J. Jongbloed

  • 1962 - Prof. H.J. van der Maas

  • 1959 - C. Kolff

  • 1956 - posthumously to Gerben Sonderman

  • 1953 - His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard

  • 1953 - Retired Lt-general I.A. Aler

  • 1938 - M.H. Damme, founder of airmail transport

  • 1935 - Dr A. Plesman, founder of KLM

  • 1932 - General C.J. Snijders, champion of Dutch military and civil aviation

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