I never was into orders and decorations, but the so-called Mussert-cross, which also was known as the Ostland-cross
intrigues me. Of course while it is a decoration from my country. I never was into orders and decorations and so this
subject is new too me!

Is this cross indeed a hoax. A short while ago I was told that possibly all existing crosses in collections were fakes.
Is this true and correct or is there more to know about this decoration? Maybe WRF-members do have information
available, which could shed light into this!

Myself I do have specific thoughts about this matter and am convinced about the fact some at least were original.
In my earliest days of collecting, and new in the collecting of WWII items (about 1972), a colleague at my office
handed over one such Mussert-cross (and other items), which he said he personally had taken from a desk at the
NSB headquarters at Utrecht, when the building there was occupied. My colleague had no reason whatsoever to
kid me, me knowing he was the most upright!

Do WRF-members have written documentation available about the introduction of this cross, as this surely must
have been a plan (see letter to Rauter, the Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer, in the Netherlands from October 30, 1942).
Even the smallest piece of information is welcomed. Thanks in advance!

It is obvious the Germans were not pleased at all with the Mussert-plan about the institution of the cross!

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