The Honorable Mention was an important Military awards and decorations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for those who distinguished themselves by acts of high bravery, but weren't eligible yet for the highest accolade of the Military William Order.The Honorable Mention was in fact not a medal but a mention in the proclamation of the Dutch army, to honor the soldier.

The prefix The Honourable (or The Honorable in the United States and the Philippines), abbreviated to The Hon., Hon., or The Hon'ble, is an honorific style that is used before the names of certain classes of people. Use by governments International diplomacy. In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often ...