Silver Carnation

The Silver Carnation (Zilveren Anjer) is a Dutch award that is presented annually to persons of important patriotic behavior, who have achieved something outstanding for Dutch culture or for the Netherlands Antilles in any form of voluntary labor.

History

On June 29, 1940 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld protested against the German occupation of the Netherlands by wearing of a carnation in his buttonhole. This day would later be known as 'Carnation Day'. Ten years later, the regent and board of the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, also founded in 1940, decided to establish an award as a token of appreciation for persons of important patriotic behavior, who have achieved excellent earnings for Dutch culture in any form of voluntary labor or for that of the Netherlands Antilles.

The award is presented each year, around the prince's birthday, to a maximum of five people. After his death, Queen Beatrix took over from her father.

Certificate

The award is accompanied by a certificate signed by the chairman of the Fund and the secretary of the Silver Carnation. The certificate describes the decision, the grounds for granting and the substantive basis of the award which is the legacy of Thijs Taconis, a Dutch soldier who was parachuted as an agent for the British Special Operations Executive into the occupied Netherlands and who died in 1944 in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Taconis is remembered in the charter with the words Quae Thijs Taconis - mortuus pro patria anno MCMXLIV legavit pro fundamento sunt.

Medal

First type (1950-1954) The first form was a bell-shaped silver medal. A carnation was depicted on the front, with a 'B' on the stem for Bernhard. Along this scene, in a recessed edge, dotted lines on either side. Along the bottom was a ribbon with the text Tua res agitur. The medal was tied to the ribbon by means of a Royal crown. The ribbon was yellow with a narrow red band on either side. Yellow and red are the colors of the House of Lippe.

Second type (1954–present) This is a silver medal in the form of a red enameled heraldic rose. This rose is that of the arms of the House of Lippe. The front features a crowned stylized carnation, including Bernhard's 'B'. The description is Tua res agitur. The downside is flat. The obverse features a "B", above which is a stylized carnation. The ribbon is orange with a narrow red band on either side. Orange stands for the House of Orange and the red for the House of Lippe.[1]

Awards

1950

• Dr. JH van Heek (1873-1957) - nature conservation, conservation of monuments; bought the House Bergh
• PJ de Kanter (1868-1953) - cultural bond with compatriots outside the borders; founded the association ' Nederland in den Vreemde '
• AJTh. Thijssen (1901-1976) - co-initiator of Passion Play Tegelen, later also director
• Jarig (or Jarich) van der Wielen (1880-1950) - founded the first folk high school in 1931, the Allardsoog (near Bakkeveen )

1951

• Prof. Dr. Ph. (Philip) Kohnstamm (1875-1951) - folk education; including founder Nutsseminarium voor Pedagogiek and the Dutch Conversation Center
• K. ter Laan (1871-1963) - recording of the regional property in Groningen; including the New Groningen Dictionary (1929)
• WJH (Pim) Mulier (1865-1954) - athlete and sports pioneer, one of the founders of modern sports in the Netherlands, founded the first football club in the Netherlands;

1952

• Ms. M.Chr. (Maria) Schouwenaars (1907-1995) - was the initiator and founder of the education formula of the " Mater Amabilis " education in preparation for the tasks of mother, housewife and wife; she also participated in the girl education work under the name 'De Zonnebloem'
• Dr. Ernst Heldring (1871-1954) - culture conservation; including chairman Vereeniging Rembrandt
• HH Kiezebrink (1892-1962) - culture conservation; study Walburgiskerk and librije in Zutphen
• EPC van Vrijberghe de Coningh (pseudonym Cruys Voorbergh) (1898-1963) - Dutch Costume Museum, now merged into Kunstmuseum Den Haag

1953

• Isaac de Bruyn (1873-1953) - enrichment of museum property; among other important donations to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, including Rembrandt's Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul
• Mr. Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman (1884-1961) - history of the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname; history of the Reveil in the Netherlands
• AMJ (Auguste) Grégoire (1888-1971) - documentation development of photography; the University Library in Leiden contains a collection of 6000 photos, brought together by Grégoire
• LW (Leo) Linssen (1888-1975) - art education; played an important role in the founding of the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht

1954

• RFW (Rudolf) Boskaljon (1887-1970) - music life on Curaçao; among others founder and conductor of the ' First and Second Curaçao Philharmonic Orchestra '
• Jhr. WH de Beaufort (1881-1976) - nature conservation; founder ' Het Stichtse Landschap '

|*Dr. PC (Piet) de Brouwer (1874-1961) - cultural development in North Brabant ; among others founder St.-Odulphuslyceum in Tilburg, the first Catholic lyceum in North Brabant

• Prof. dr. GA van Poelje (1884-1976) - youth hostel work

1955

• Ir. VW van Gogh (1890-1978) - conservation of the Vincent van Gogh collection
• Mr. KP van der Mandele (1880-1975) - involved in the construction of garden villages in Rotterdam South and Kralingen, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam Zoo and the cultural recovery of Rotterdam after World War II
• WEA Scheelen (1909-1968) - initiator and organizer of the first international Music Competition in Kerkrade
• Father GWM Ahlbrinck C.Ss.R. (1885-1966) - linguistics and ethnology Suriname and Caribbean

1956

• Mrs. JE (Betsy) Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968) - enrichment of museum property; one of the Amsterdam Joffers
• Prof. Edgar Blancquaert (1894-1964) - Flemish-Dutch cultural integration; brought from the twenties to the series Dutch Dialektatlassen established
• LD Broekema (1911-1979) - general practitioner, was the driving force behind the Toneververeniging Diever and the Shakespeare Theater from 1946 to 1979, with annual performances in the Diever Open Air Theater
• Frits Lugt (1884-1970) - including founder Institut Néerlandais, Paris; created a collection of Rembrandt etchings

1957

• Joh.M. Coffeng (1887-1966) - cataloged the extensive collection of the Theater Museum
• Mr. S. Baron van Heemstra (1879-1960) - natural monuments; founded ' Het Geldersch Landschap ' together with PG van Tienhoven and was chairman of the Nederlandse Heidemaatschappij
• Prof. J. van der Poel. (1888-1982) - brought the collection of the Tax and Customs Museum together
• Anna Singer-Brugh (1872-1962) - founded the Singer Memorial Foundation with a museum and concert hall (1956)

1958

• Mr. Chr.P. (Chris) van Eeghen (1880-1968) - culture conservation; including founder of the ' Hendrick de Keyser Association ' and chairman of the 'Rembrandt Association'
• HJ Calkoen - archeology ; founder of the Archaeological Working Community for the Western Netherlands
• PTA (Piet) Swillens (1890-1963) - art history; wrote standard works on Pieter Saenredam, Johannes Vermeer and Jacob van Campen, among others
• JH Beaujon (1905-1989) - cultural life in Aruba ; including chairman of the Aruba Cultural Center Foundation

1959

• Ida van Dugteren (1892-1961) - from 1918 to 1959 leading the Rotterdam Volks-Universiteit and the Federation of Dutch Volksuniversities
• Prof. dr. G. van den Bergh (1890-1966) - astronomy, time calculation, letterpress printing; including designer Euroclock and twin print
• Mr. Adolph Staring (1890-1980) - culture conservation; including director of the Dutch Castle Foundation

1960

• DJ (Doederus) Kamminga (1884-1977) - regional cultural life in Friesland; led the Oudheidkamer in Dokkum, was chairman of the Federation of Antiquity Rooms in Friesland
• WAF (Walter) Maas (1909-1992) - contemporary music; founder of the Gaudeamus Foundation
• Jobs Wertheim (1898-1977) - initiator and founder of the Public Art Property Foundation

1961

• Mrs. M. (May) Henriquez-Alvarez Correa (1915-1999) - cultural activities on Curaçao
• ER (Eddy) Wessels - cultural activities in Suriname; among others founder and conductor of the Surinamese Philharmonic Orchestra (1930-1970)
• Prof. mr. A. (Anne) Anema (1872-1966) - cultural philosopher; also editor-in-chief of De Standaard (1932-1937) and co-founder of Stemmen des Tijds (1911)
• Piet van Beveren (1894-1970) - geology and archeology in Zeeland; former city archivist in Zierikzee

1962

• Father Piet Drabbe (1887-1970) MSC - linguistics and ethnology New Guinea
• Dr. Maurits Van Haegendoren (1903-1994) - cultural contact Netherlands-Belgium
• Mr. GP van Tienhoven (1891-1969) - music life in Utrecht; was chairman of the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, among others

1963

• JBCM van de Mortel (1902-1990) - guild system Noord-Brabant; was a member of the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap in 's-Hertogenbosch, among others
• Mr. W. (Willem) van Elden (1899-1983) - including translations Shakespeare, Carmina Burana
• HGP (Hendrik) Kleijn and GD Swanenburg de Veye (? -1981) - biology, nature photography; published publications on mushrooms, among other things

1964

• Prof. Dr. AD Fokker (1887-1972) - music; designed an organ for the 31-tone system to play
• Jhr. mr. M. van der Goes van Naters (1900-2005) - nature conservation; was one of the first politicians in the Netherlands to promote environmental protection
• MBB Nijkerk (1894-1987) - enrichment of museum property; brought together a collection of bibliophile publications from the 20th century, now in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; put together with Jan Greshoff and AAM Stols the bibliophile series Ursa Minor

1965

• APM Lafeber (1893-1972) - dialectology (including standard work on the Gouda dialect)
• Jhr. FJE van Lennep (1890-1980) - chronicler; culture conservation; wrote books and articles about the Amsterdam patriciate in the nineteenth century; was a board member of the 'Association to form a public collection of contemporary art' (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)
• CJW van Waning (1901-1989) - culture conservation ; was one of the initiators of the foundation of the 'Stichting Studbook Ronde en Platbodemjachten'

1966

• Mrs. IM Fennema-Zboray (1914-2001) - children's reading; founded in 1954, the youth literary magazine Kris Kras on
• JAF (Hans) de Rijk, Brother Erich (writing under the name Bruno Ernst ) (1926) - folk development; was co-founder of the People's Observatory Simon Stevin in Hoeven and the mathematics magazine for young people Pythagoras
• Mr. Romke de Waard (1919-2003) - culture conservation; among others co-founder of the Museum from Speelklok tot Pierement in Utrecht, first chairman of the Nederlandse Klokkenspel -Vereniging

1967

• Meint Wiegersma (1888-1984) - folk development and nature conservation in Friesland; among others co-founder (1929) and first chairman of It Fryske Gea, co-author of the Encyclopedia of Friesland (1958)
• Mr. AAJ Rijksen - including chairman of the Goudse Glazen Fund, author of the standard work Mirrored in church glass (1947)
• GJG (Gustav) Leonhardt (1928-2012) - music life, the leading harpsichordist of his generation, important pioneer of authentic performance practice

1968

• BW Siemens (1894-1975) - author of the Historical Atlas of the Province of Groningen (1962)
• A. Bicker Caarten (1902-1990) - mill conservation, folklore ; wrote many books about mills
• FHM Karner - monuments Curaçao; was chairman of the Curaçao Trade Association

1969

• Ms BM (Bep) Bijtelaar (1898-1978) - building history of Amsterdam churches; archivist of the 'De Oude Kerk Foundation in Amsterdam', among others, made an inventory with GJ den Boggende of the graves in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam; see also the articles about Lieve Geelvinck and Emanuel de Witte
• Dr. DA Wumkes (1904-1995) - cultural activities in Southeast Drenthe
• Alexander Orlow (1918-2009) - created the Peter Stuyvesant collection ), after thirteen artists were invited in the late 1950s to exhibit in the workspaces of the factory of which Orlow was director

1970

• Mrs. HA (Jet) Polak-Schwarz (1893-1974) - music life, science, social work; was chief board member of the Humanist Alliance, was the first organization secretary of the International Humanist and Ethical Union ; committed to humanistic housing for the elderly; donated her house and art collection of 20th century figurative art to the municipality of Zutphen (Museum Henriette Polak )
• H. Beem (1892-1987) - Jewish history and language in the Netherlands; one of the most important pioneers in the field of media historiography and Western Yiddish
• Ir. CEPM Raedts (1898-1983) - cultural activities in Limburg; was, among other things, chairman of the foundation council of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra, chairman of the Heerlen City Theater Foundation; chairman of the board of the Social Historical Center Limburg

1971

• Jacob Posch (1900-1980) - culture conservation
• FC Wieder (1911-1987) - conservation, historiography of running track equipment
• C. Hoek (1924-2013) - archaeology and history Rotterdam and South Holland; can be regarded as one of the first city archaeologists in the Netherlands

1972

• MH Gans (1917-1987) - author, compiler Memorboek, plate atlas of the life of the Jews in the Netherlands from the Middle Ages to 1940, published in 1971
• Frans Nieuwboer - conservative frescoes from Roman antiquity
• LG (Louis) Le Roy (1924-2012) - ecology, landscaping

1973

• Mrs. HLMCh. (Tilly) Talboom-Smits (1902-1978) - founder and leader of the Hofstad Youth Orchestra
• Mr. Nicolaas Debrot (1902-1981) - literator, active in the cultural field, especially for the Cultural Center Curaçao ; was Plenipotentiary Minister and later Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
• Father Dr Remigius Dieteren OFM (1915-1995) - founder of the Social Historical Center for Limburg (1949)

1974

• Ir. AD van Dijk - cultural activities in western Suriname; was one of the initiators of a new Cultural Center in Nickerie
• Dr. HL (Hendrik) Oussoren (1912-1974) - restoration and conservation of historical organ property; Government Organ Adviser
• HF de Boer - nature conservation in Friesland; former chairman of the Frisian bird watch, author of bird books

1975

• Mrs. TF (Tine) Clevering-Meijer (1914-1981) - preservation of Groningen. Stored, costumes ; curator of the Verhildersum Buiten in Leens ; see also Tine Clevering-Meijer Prize
• Dr. CW Wouters - own cultural values of immigrants in Australia
• Ir. JL Bonebakker - music life in Overijssel; founder and former chairman of Opera Forum, now The National Travel Opera

1976

• Chris Leeflang (1904-1993) - bibliophilia ; one of the founders of Stichting De Roos, chairman of the Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek, director of bookstore Broese Kemink in Utrecht
• Jhr. H. de Jonge of Ellemeet - Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum
• Rien Poortvliet (1932-1995) - nature conservation education with books such as Hunting Drawings (1972), Foxes have dens (1973) and Te hay and grass (1975)

1977

• Zr. Dorothea M. (also Tilly) Herwegh - book restoration and art studio Norbertinesenklooster Sint-Catharinadal in Oosterhout
• Mr. FJ Brevet (1893-1983) - cultural, church and social activities in Rotterdam; including board member of the Rotterdam department of the Netherlands Art Association, member of the Supervisory Committee of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, board member of Rotterdam Art Lighting, Quaestor General of the Dutch Reformed Church
• SCH Leenheer (1917-2010) - archeology and history of Rijnsburg

1978

• Dr. Abraham Horodisch (1898-1987) - book history, bibliography, bibliophilia; built up a collection of about 8000 books and magazines with the theme "the book"
• Jhr. mr. MCW de Jonge (1911-2001) - was secretary of the Stichting Wijnhuisfonds, focused on restorations in Zutphen
• Gerrit Kuipers (1918-2011) - history, folk life and the regional language of Drenthe; including editorial board of the monthly magazine Drenthe, chairman of the Drentse Schrieverskring, co-founder of the Drentse Historisch Vereniging

1979

• JJ (Johan) Schilstra (1915-1998) - publications regional cultural history of North Holland, including This land above the IJ (1964), Under the spell of the dike, the West Frisian Omringdijk (1974)
• Rev. WG Overbosch (1919-2001) - chairman Van der Leeuwstichting (for church and art); in addition, board member of the Interchurch Foundation for the Songbook and member of the Reformed Council for Worship
• Walter Kramer (1937-2010) - conservation of monuments; initiator of the Monumentenwacht Drenthe

1980

• Jhr. mr. CC van Valkenburg (1910-1984) - genealogy, iconography ; was chairman of the Central Bureau for Genealogy
• J. (Jacob) de Bree (1916-1996) - Zeeland silver and Zeeland costume
• Dr. Gerrit Overdiep (1919-1998) - facets of the history of Groningen; committed to restoring Bourtange fortress

1981

• B. (Bé) Dubbe (1920-2007) - history of art craft technique; authority in Zwol's silver
• HJE (Hendrik Jan) van Beuningen (1920-2015) - archeology utensils; founder of the Medieval Religious and Profane Insignia Foundation
• Drs. GJA (Gerard) Schampers (1921-2006) - regional activities in North Brabant; one of the founders of the Zuidelijk Toneel / Globe, founder of the Friends of the Brabant Orchestra Foundation, member of the North Brabant Cultural Council

1982

• Dr. M. Niemeijer (1902-1987) - compositions chess problems, publications, documentation; donated his collection of chess and checkbooks, a total of 7,000 titles, to the State of the Netherlands in 1948, the collection was included in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
• A. Bokma (1917-1990) - folk high schools, windmills, regional culture

1983

• Ms CH (Lotte) Delfin-van Mourik Broekman (1914-2010) - archeology pre- and protohistory Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Neder-Betuwe
• W. de Veen - nature conservation in Limburg
• Prof. ir. EHP (Erik) Cordfunke - archaeological soil research in Alkmaar

1984

• Mr. Piet Cleveringa (1917-2013) - amateur theater and visual arts; created a collection of Dutch graphics and co-founded the LAKtheater .
• HG (Herman) van Slooten (1913-1994) - culture in Friesland; was director of the Frisian Society, the Frisian Museum, the Frisian Maritime Museum, the Ottema-Kingma Foundation, the Cultural Council of Leeuwarden, the Royal Association of the Frisian Eleven Cities (for 40 years) and the Studbook Round and Flat-bottomed yachts

1985

• GJ de Joncheere (1909-1989) - science; pteridologist
• Dr. WHTh. (Willy) Knippenberg (1910-2005) - folk art; dug up exactly 4822 Roman coins and gave more than 1600 lectures in almost all places of the province of Noord-Brabant; inventoried the art holdings of the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch ; was also renowned as a descriptor of the North Brabant bird world. An important Noord-Brabant "Heritage Prize" has been named after him ( Willy Knippenberg Prize )
• Lenie 't Hart (1941) - nature conservation; known from the seal sanctuary in Pieterburen
• Marga Kool (1949) - regional culture Drenthe; writer

1986

• JC (Juan) Lampe (1920-2019) - culture preservation Netherlands Antilles; pianist, singer, poet (including the text of Aruba Dushi Tera, the national anthem of Aruba), composer, writer and painter; he is known under the stage name "Padú del Caribe"
• HJ (Henk) Slijper (1922-2007) - nature conservation; painter of birds and birds, illustrator of books about nature, including "Birds of prey and owls in Europe" by Karel Voous
• Freek Velders (1928-1994) - cultural activities ( Rotterdam Boys' Choir )
• Dr. HJ (Henk) van der Wiel (1920-1994) - numismatics

1987

• Mrs. GJG (Dien) Tjallingii-Beukers - mycology
• HAC (Harrie) Beex - heme and ethnological history, in particular of North Brabant; including chairman of the Brabant Heem Foundation ; wrote several open air plays, made the Song of Hertog Jan with Floor van de Putt
• J. Hulsker (1907-2002) - art, especially Vincent van Gogh ; wrote the standard work "Van Gogh by Van Gogh. The letters as a comment on his work" (1973)
• Mr. dr. LJ (Ludo) Pieters (1921) - cultural activities, including chairman of the PC Hooft Prize for Literature; has made an important contribution to the development of the socio-cultural life of Rotterdam
• T. de Vries - popular development

1988

• Mrs. EJ van den Broecke-de Man (1898-1998) - Zeeland culture and dialects
• Dr. E. Kits van Waveren (1906-1995) - mycology; the National Herbarium Fund now bears his name
• Geurt Brinkgreve (1917-2005) - conservation of monuments; extremely successful monument protector in Amsterdam, including board member of the Bond Heemschut
• Willem Noske (1918 - 1995) - Dutch music past; co-founder of the Association for Early Dutch Music, was the founder of the foundation Musica Neerlandica

1989

• Dr. Fop I. Brouwer - environmental and nature conservation education; famous for its nature section on Sunday morning at VARA radio "about everything that grows and flowers and always fascinates us"
• Dr. JM (Jan) van Susante (1913 - 2003) - nature conservation and monument conservation; including chairman of Het Limburgs Landschap; bought Castle Goedenrade in Eys
• Henk Schoorl (1920-1997) - cultural history of North Holland
• Albert Waalkens (1920-2007) - visual arts; Galerie Waalkens in Finsterwolde occupies an important place in the Dutch art world
• AF (Ton) Neuhaus (1935-2014) - Zaans mill stock; curator Molenmuseum in Koog aan de Zaan

1990

• Ms. CH (Carmen) Simmons - cultural activities on Saba ; one of the initiators of the Saba Carnival, curator of the Major Osmar Ralph Simmons Museum
• Jan Kassies (1920-1995) - art and culture; was general secretary of the Council for the Arts, director of the Amsterdam Theater School, chairman of the VPRO and of the Stimulation Fund for Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Productions
• LMJ (Leen) de Keijzer - archeology and history of the Kromme Rijn area ; after him was named the Archaeological Working Group 'Leen de Keijzer' of the Archaeological Working Community for the Netherlands
• Dr. LPL (Louis) Pirenne (1924-2014) - archives and Brabant society; State archivist in the province of North Brabant
• LJ de Ruiter (1919-2008) - art and culture; former mayor of the North Holland artists' village of Bergen
• Prince Bernhard (1911-2004) - culture and nature conservation

1991

• Ms. RC (Ted) Musaph-Andriesse (1917) - Jewish cultural heritage; was chairman of the Jewish Historical Museum
• Rev. MJJ Gaaikema (1909-2003) - folk high school work; main initiator and director of the folk school 't Oldörp for 25 years
• Brother Candidus van der Linden (1919-1998) - Ornithology of the Netherlands Antilles
• ERR (Edgar) Palm (1908-1998) - Antillean dance music
• Prof. JW Schulte Nordholt (1920-1995) - literature; poet and professor of history and culture of North America

1992

• Dr. JBW (Johan) Polak (posthumous) (1928-1992) - literature; publisher, essayist, bibliophile, translator and patron
• Mr. PJW (Pieter) Beltjes - historic preservation in Gelderland; was Inspector of Archives in. Gelderland
• Prof. dr. HE Henkes - conservation of glass
• Drs. KS (Karel) Levisson (1917-1999) - visual arts in Overijssel; founder and first chairman of the Association of Friends of the Rijksmuseum Twenthe ; the majority of his extensive collection was acquired by the museum; co-founder and first chairman of the Born Synagogue Foundation
• AP (Pieter) Schuddebeurs - boulder geology

1993

• Ing. FHG (Frans) Engelen (1920-2004) - archeology Limburg; including editor-in-chief 'Speaking Soil' of the Dutch Geological Society, Limburg department; wrote 658 articles and publications over a period of 53 years
• Jaap Taapken (1925-2001) - ornithology; co-founder of the magazine Het Vogeljaar
• FL (Frank) Davelaar (1928) - music life Curaçao; founded the choir Orfeon Crescendo, was involved in the first CD with Curaçao music
• Pieter Moerenhout (1930-2018) - spiritual father of and driving force behind the National Musical Instruments Fund
• Ir. LJ (Leo) Heijdenrijk (1932-1999) and mrs. FHM (Cis) Heijdenrijk-Osendarp - took the initiative to establish the Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort

1994

• Franz Rester (1902-1995) and mrs. HJ (Hetta) Rester-Scheffer (1915-2006) - music; organized more than 1000 living room concerts (Suite concerts), where young musicians got the opportunity to perform and the audience could meet contemporary composers
• GW (Willem) Barendsen (1924) - culture conservation; founded Dutch Bakery Museum The Warm Land in Hattem on
• Dr. AJ (André) Lehr (1929-2007) - campanology ; co-founder of the National Carillon Museum in Asten
• Mrs. JM (Jacoba) de Jonge-de Meijere (1941) - historical fashion and regional costumes
• Sjoerd Westra (1940-2012) - music; music corps instructor, composer

1995

• Dr. ir. GMM (Gerard) Houben (1920) - meteorology
• Benno Premsela (1920-1997) - administrative activities; designed interiors and exhibitions, the popular Lotek lamp, shop windows for De Bijenkorf ; played a role in the Council for the Arts, the Council for Industrial Design, the Kröller Müller Foundation and the Foundation Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture; was a prominent foreman of the Dutch gay movement
• Mrs. AMW (Lide) Scholten-Miltenburg and Prof. Th.M. (Theo) Scholten - visual arts; founders of the Museum Beelden aan Zee in Scheveningen
• Nico Metselaar (1929) - Gouda Glasses (see also 1967); was sexton of the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda
• Mrs. Marjan Sax (1947) - Dutch women's movement ; is co-founder of the Mama Cash foundation, the independent financing fund for women; stood at the cradle of the Women's House Amsterdam, Women's Café Saarein and the Lesbian Archive Amsterdam

1996

• Mrs. JR de Vries-Snoeck, better known as Hans Snoek (1911-2001) - cultural activities; founded the Scapino Ballet and the Foundation Youth Theater Amsterdam
• Prof. Hans (Joseef ben Michael) Bloemendal (1923) - Jewish liturgical music ; the surface singer of the Dutch-Israelite Main Synagogue in Amsterdam
• Mr. WO Koenigs - administrative activities; was chairman of the Rembrandt Association
• Dr. HE (Henny) Coomans - gemology
• Jan Pluis - the Dutch wall tile

1997

• Ms. DI (Inge) Bouman-Heinsdijk - nature conservation; co-founder Foundation Reserves for the Przewalski Horse
• AJ (Toon) Creusen - music; developed the Music Competition in Kerkrade into the most important wind music festival in the world
• Mr. AF (Frank) Mohr (1931-1998) - administrative activities; was cultural advisor to the city and province of Groningen and chairman of the advisory councils of Minerva Academy and the Prince Claus Conservatoire ; passionate advocate of independence and innovation in art education in the Northern Netherlands; the Frank Mohr Institute is part of the Faculty of Arts of Hanze University Groningen

1998

• Mr. JGA (Jos) Steemers - organ culture; co-founder of the Nijmegen Organ Circle; chairman of the editorial board of Historisch Organ, an encyclopedia of the more than 2000 organs in the Netherlands
• Jan Voerman (1919-2005) - movable monuments; former board member of the Tramweg Foundation and tram enthusiast, he was also responsible for the founding of the SVA ( Stichting Veteraan Autobussen ) and the ADV (Autobus Documentatie Vereniging).
• Mr. ing. Ernest Voges (1931) - conservation of monuments on Curaçao; chairman of the Curaçao Conservation Foundation: since 1997, the historical core of Willemstad has been on the World Heritage List
• Dr. A. Vos - Jewish cultural heritage; worked hard to rebuild the synagogue of Middelburg
• Dr. JHH (Jaap) Zwier - history of nature conservation; laid the foundation for the Heimans and Thijsse Foundation, which manages a documentation center in the field of nature experience, nature study, nature conservation and nature education in the Netherlands

1999

• Dr. JT (Jan) Bremer (1932) - local history; wrote more than a hundred publications about the head of North Holland
• Henk Ruessink (1934-2008) - administrative activities; took the initiative to Bredevoort Boekenstad
• Dr. MC (Meijnard) Scheers (1932) - administrative activities; chairman of the 'Het Woonhuismonument' foundation in Groningen
• Dr. ir. J. (Jaap) Vermeer (1920-2010) - sailing monuments; has extensively researched and recorded the history of the Frisian round and flat-bottomed yachts
• HL (Henk) Visser (1923-2006) - Dutch antique weapons; has built up and published a world-renowned collection.

2000

• Jan Naaijkens (1919-2019) - cultural merits for North Brabant, especially Hilvarenbeek ; driving force behind the Great Campine Culture Days, founder of the Brabant Center for Amateur Theater, the Brabant Heem Foundation and the Playgroup Filiassi
• Ms. Marijke Overberg-Diemer Kool (1925-2014) - music, in particular the connection between music and audience; business and artistic leader of the Brabant Chamber Orchestra, the current Musica Ducis Brabantiae
• HM (Rikus) Draijer (1943) - folk culture and folklore ; secretary of the folkloric dance group Grunneger Daansers, vice-chairman of the Op Roakelais Foundation in Warffum, vice-chairman Weltpräsidium of the International Organization for Folk Art (IOV), chairman of the international committee for Festspiele and chairman of the Dutch section of this organization

2001

• Dr. GP (Gerard) Karstkarel (1945) - cultural merits for Friesland; among others co-initiator of the Uniconsort Foundation, founded the Modern Architecture Foundation Friesland, the Slachtemarathon (2000)
• PE (Piet) Hamelink (1931) - cultural merits for Zeeland Flanders; coordinator of the restoration of the Basilica of St. Willibrord in Hulst
• Louis van Gasteren (1922-2016) - cultural activities; filmmaker, founder of the Artec Foundation and the Four Centuries of Dutch- Japanese Relations Foundation ; took the initiative for the artworks 'Normaal Amsterdams Peil' and 'The roots of the city'; creator and implementer of the - educational - design of ' Neeltje Jans '
• Mr. dr. JA (Jacob) Schiltkamp (1920) - conservation of monuments on Curaçao; including chairman of the Curaçao Conservation Foundation
• Mrs. Grietje de Wolf-Huls (1918-2006) - preservation of Marker needlework; mastered and taught traditional handicraft techniques from Marken

2002

• FD ('Boi') Antoin (1955) - culture conservation on Bonaire; many publications about the history and culture of Bonaire
• Prof. SJ (Joop) Doorman M.Sc. (1928-2009) - administrative activities; including chairman of the Association for Artistic Education and the Sweelinck Conservatory and board member of the KL Poll Foundation for Education, Art and Science; was chairman of the VPRO and of the Skepsis Foundation
• B. Maes - built cultural heritage and residential culture
• JHH (Jacques) Stienstra (1932-2011) - culture conservation; chairman of the International Vocal Competition ('s-Hertogenbosch), played an important role in the restoration of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Jan in' s-Hertogenbosch; further board positions at Operettevereniging from Rosmalen, foundation 's-Hertogenbosch Music City, Friends of the Noordbrabants Museum, Museum Slager, foundation Archeology, Building History and Culture, Mattheus Passion, Cultuurfonds Soetelieve and foundation National Monument Sint Jan and adviser of circle of friends of' s-Hertogenbosch, Religious Art museum in Uden, Kasteel Heeswijk foundation, Theater De Speeldoos in Vught, Culture Fund 's-Hertogenbosch
• Ton Stork (1923-2003) - culture and nature conservation of the Vecht region ; was chairman of the Committee for the Vecht and the Eastern and Western, was a member of the land development committee Amstelland ; the Ton-Stork-Vechten-voor-de-Vecht-Penning was named after him

2003

• JCF (Jo) Eyck (1929) - art and architecture; board member of the Limburg Art Property Foundation, the Rembrandt Association and the Sikkens Foundation; the museum wing 'Hedge House', in the garden of his residence Kasteel Wijlre, is open to the public
• HJAM (Hein) van Haaren (1930) - administrative activities; chairman of the board of the Mondriaan Foundation and board member of the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, he sat on boards and committees of companies such as the Bedrijfsfonds voor de Pers, the Brabants Museum, the André Volten Foundation, the Rotterdamse Kunststichting and the Purchasing Committee of the Rotterdam Sophia Children's hospital
• Dr. KA (Karel) van der Hucht (1946) - founder of the Stichting Indisch Tea and Family Archives Van der Hucht cs
• Mrs. Meta de Visser-Ameling (1929) - foot springs; chairman of the Friends of the Feet Association, has also ensured that the small ferries for the Netherlands are preserved and that disappeared ferries return

2004

• Mrs. Christien Grootveld-Parrée (1942) - visual arts; together with her husband Rob Grootveld initiator of the Chabot Museum in Rotterdam and founder of the Hendrik Chabot Foundation .
• Ms. Yvette Raveneau (1946) and Lloyd Narain (1946) - preserving culture and nature in Curaçao; founders of Fundashon Defensa Ambiental and of Sosiedat Amigu di Tera
• Gré van der Veen (1936) - preservation of regional language Groningen; has a large number of publications to her name
• Ms. Ineke Vink (1941) - making puppetry collections accessible ; one of the founders of the Puppetry Collections Foundation and its predecessor, 'De Vriendenkring Poppenmuseum Dordrecht'

2005

• Mr. Hein Bergé (1916-2010) and JMC (Jan) van der Eerden (1926) - monument preservation 's-Hertogenbosch; champions of the preservation of the Binnendieze
• Mrs. JM (Janneke) van Groeningen-Hazenberg (1943-2007) and JJWP (Jos) van Groeningen (1934) - visual arts; founders of the museum for figurative art ' De Buitenplaats ' in Eelde
• Th.W. (Theo) Janssen (1930) - natural and cultural history of de Peel ; has created a collection of objects and stories that document the landscape and cultural history of de Peel and its inhabitants
• Ms. GC (Gezina) Sevenhuijsen-van der Linde (1930) - young music talent; continued the work of her husband, conductor Ru Sevenhuijsen, the driving force behind Youth and Music Netherlands, so that the Woudschoten Youth Music Camp and the Netherlands Youth Orchestra continued to exist

2006

• Prof. mr. Piet Sanders (1912-2012) and mrs. Ida Sanders-Sanders (1915-2010) - visual arts; donated more than four hundred works of art, including work by Karel Appel, Hendrik Werkman and Constant to museums in the Netherlands

Charles Gomes Casseres (1921-2006) - Jewish tradition in Curaçao; as chairman of the Jewish Cultural Historical Museum, promoted the collection and exhibition of objects from the Jewish tradition

• Ir. FS (Foeke) de Wolf (1937-2010) - carillon culture; was chairman of the Nederlandse Klokkenspel-Vereniging; has, among other things, revived the international carillon competition
• GBH (Harrie) ten Dam (1944-2013) - visual arts; initiator and co-founder of the Art Association Diepenheim

2007

• Piet Bos ('Opera Pietje') (1936) - opera culture; first as an ether pirate, later via Radio Noord-Holland, he became the ambassador of opera and bel canto .
• Klaas Bruinsma (1931) - Frisian literature; translated Iliad and Odyssey of Homer in the Frisian .
• Mart Groentjes (1937) - monumental farms; committed to the preservation of characteristic bell farms in North Holland.

2008

• Elis Juliana (1927) - culture conservation on Curaçao. He has captured stories of ancient Antilleans and collected art and utensils from the past. He also revived the knowledge and playing of old Curaçao musical instruments.
• Loek Dijkman (1942) - has been working on the development of projects in the cultural field for about twenty years, such as the Orgelpark in Amsterdam and the Het Depot sculpture gallery in Wageningen. He also stimulates talented artists to develop.
• Cees Dekker (1946) - has been working on the preservation of sailing and industrial heritage for more than thirty years. He stood at the cradle of the Federation of Old Dutch Vessels and the National Register of Sailing Monuments and was involved in the Industrial Heritage Hoogovens Foundation.
• Hein van der Bruggen (1949) - has spent thirty years recording historically important events in Roermond and the lives of remarkable Roermond residents. He himself writes on the most diverse subjects.
• Gerrit Hasendonckx (1952) - founder of the Working Group Archeology of the Philips van Horne school community in Weert. Through the working group he taught young people about and love of archeology for thirty years.

2009

• Elisabeth Janssens (1923) - because of her efforts to preserve and renew the spiritual heritage in the Netherlands
• Winthrop Curiel (1934) - has been committed to preserving culture and nature in the Antilles and Aruba for more than forty years. Is chairman of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
• Jan Koolen (1937) - active for more than forty years as a conservationist in De Biesbosch National Park
• Jan Maarten Boll (1942) - because of his efforts to preserve art treasures for the Netherlands and to bring Dutch art back to the Netherlands. Former chairman of the Rembrandt Association
• Henny Brunnekreeft (1943-2013) - has promoted the interests of amateur music and related forms in the Netherlands for years. Has led the Royal Dutch Federation of Music Associations

2010

• Ena Dankmeijer-Maduro (1920-2016) - for the preservation and expansion of the Mongui Maduro Library she founded on Curaçao
• Jan Sonneveld (1924-2012) - specialized in collecting and describing religious buildings in the Netherlands since 1988
• Ria Geluk (Nieuwerkerk, 1946) - as initiator of numerous projects (including the creation of the Watersnoodmuseum in Ouwerkerk) and director of many social and cultural institutions in Zeeland
• Rob Lokin (Ommen, 1946) - as the driving force behind the Afrika Festival Hertme

2011

• Isabelle Gräfin zu Ortenburg-Countess of Aldenburg Bentinck ( De Steeg, 1925 - there, 2013) - for the maintenance of Middachten Castle
• Joke Sickmann (Amsterdam, 1932) - for the preservation of industrial heritage in Amersfoort
• Han Nefkens (Rotterdam, 1954) - as a patron in the field of international contemporary art

2012

• Wim Statius Muller (Curaçao, 1930-2019) - for his special contribution as a composer and pianist to Curaçao music
• Reint Wobbes (Hoogkerk, 1940) - for his dedication to cultural heritage, especially medieval churches and cemeteries, in Groningen
• Clemens van der Ven (1941-2014) and Neeltje van der Ven-Blonk (Rotterdam, 1940) - for their special contribution as a modern patron for the benefit of art and culture

2013

• Frans Wytema (Beilen, 1940) - for his efforts to preserve and restore Zaan wood construction and old musical instruments
• Jos de Pont (Amsterdam, 1943) - for his role as a modern patron for the benefit of art and culture
• Caroline de Westenholz (London, 1954) - for her efforts to establish and maintain the Louis Couperus Museum in The Hague

2014

• Albert Groot (Alkmaar, 1953) - for his role as a modern patron for the arts and culture
• Hans Noordmans (Franekeradeel, 1929 - Sneek, January 2014) - received the Silver Carnation posthumously for his efforts to preserve the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker, the oldest working planetarium in the world
• Jaap van Velzen (Amsterdam, 1931 - there, 2016) - for his commitment to preserving the cultural heritage of pre-war Jewish life in the Netherlands

2015

• Hib Anninga (Beekbergen, 1925 - Overasselt, 2016) for his role as a modern patron; founder of Landgoed Anningahof
• Herman Lubberding (1934) for his selfless commitment to the archaeological heritage and cultural history of Deventer and the surrounding area
• Millicent Smeets-Muskus for her voluntary commitment to art and culture in Curaçao

2016

• Frans Peese Binkhorst (Doetinchem, 1935) and Lideke Peese Binkhorst-Hoffscholte (Sint Oedenrode, 1940) for their role as a modern patron for contemporary Dutch sculpture and medals
• Jack Kooistra (Zwaagwesteinde, 1930) for his work as a chronicler of WWII by giving war victims a face and for his efforts to track down war criminals
• Eric Zwijnenberg (Heiloo, 1946) for his efforts to preserve mill in the Netherlands in general and in North Holland in particular

2017

• Jan Buisman (Culemborg, 1925) for his research into and publications about the weather in the Netherlands
• Elise Wessels-van Houdt (Rotterdam, 1943) for her role as a modern patron for the visual and performing arts
• Pieter Breuker (Schingen, 1945) for his research into sports history in relation to art, language and culture

2018

• Piet de Boer (Dordrecht, 1942) for his commitment as chairman for the Volendam Opera Choir.
• Alice van Romondt (Aruba, 1949) for her contribution to the culture, literature and arts in Aruba.
• Hans van der Ven (The Hague, 1942) for his assistance to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in particular in the acquisition of works of art that are important for the heritage of the Netherlands.

2019

• Albert Goutbeek (Emmen near Dalfsen, 1936) for his great commitment to the cultural history, archeology, cartography and nature of Dalfsen and the surrounding area.
• Paul Spapens (Hilvarenbeek, 1949) because of his many and very diverse cultural initiatives in North Brabant.

Herman and Cora Labberté-Hoedemaker (1934 and 1937) for their role as patrons for visual arts and music students, especially in the Northern Netherlands.

References

1. "Silver Carnation". Nederlandse Ridderorden en Onderscheidingen. Retrieved 27 July 2020.