Marking the surrender of
the Netherlands to Nazi Germany on 15 May 1940, signed by General
Winkelman after four days of intense fighting, this rectangular
medal featuring bevelled edges and a triangular extension at the top
centre, pierced for suspension. The obverse presents a shallow
relief composition: centrally, a right-facing profile portrait
identified as Winkelman, beneath which an inscription appears.
Additional inscriptions are positioned above the portrait. To the
left, artillery is depicted within a landscape setting; to the
right, a naval vessel is shown at sea with three aircraft in flight
above. The reverse is unadorned, bearing only a stamped letter 'A'.