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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1794888, member: 2844&quot;]It looks like a genuine engraving of the period. No mention of a family, but the engraving is a bit clumsy, which makes it confusing for non-Dutch speakers.</p><p>It says:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Nederland in oorlog met Duitschland 10-5-1940</i></p><p>The Netherlands at war with Germany 10-5-1940 (the date that Germany invaded the Netherlands). This is old spelling, used until 1947.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below that the Dutch coat of arms with the motto &quot;<i>Je Maintiendrai&quot;</i>, which is French for &quot;I will uphold&quot;. It has to do with the Dutch connection with the House of Chalons-Orange in France.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Koninklijk_wapen_van_het_koninkrijk_der_Nederlanden.svg/1024px-Koninklijk_wapen_van_het_koninkrijk_der_Nederlanden.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At the bottom it has:</p><p><i>Brunssum bevryd door de geallieerden 19-9-1944</i></p><p>Brunssum liberated by the allies 19-9-1944.</p><p><br /></p><p>The south of the Netherlands was liberated in 1944, Holland and the north in 1945. The two halves of the country are divided by three main rivers, a natural (and cultural) barrier which was always a huge problem during any war in the country. The Germans flooded the main region between the rivers in an effort to stop the allied invasion/liberation.</p><p>The town of Brunssum is in the southeastern panhandle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s15-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rivierennederland.nl%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F03%2FGrote-rivieren-nederland-6.jpg&amp;sp=006f6709770dda2e3e42d666f4684a78&amp;anticache=506394" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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