The logo of The Golden Lion, a lion's head on a crest.
De Gouden Leeuw (Dutch forThe Golden Lion) was a bar located in the city of Kleveburg, Holland. It was known as a social area to German soldiers and Gestapo when they were on their break for the night. The bar contained a piano, a balcony on the back of the building, and even a wooden model of the Panzerknacker, a minor character that has made appearances in Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Underground. German soldiers often get so drunk at the pub that they can barely walk, and bar fights there are more than common. Not many civilians attend the bar, because the German officials are often disrespectful and even hostile towards them; in fact, it us possible that civilians have been banned from the establishment altogether, with the exception of a young male waiter.
Apparently, it is quite easy to slip past security; for example, the civilian waiter was a Dutch Resistance informant working with Lt. James Patterson, a man who in 1944 would infiltrate the pub in order to get to a private rally in a manor house in Kleveburg. The fate of the bar is unknown, but it may have been liberated during Operation Market Garden or bombed by the Allies in late 1944 or early 1945.
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The exterior of the pub. The Swastika flag denotes that the venue is for German officials only.
Typical clientele at the Golden Lion pub.
An example of a bar fight at the pub.
Trivia[]
During the level in Medal of Honor: Frontline, the guards at the staircase call Jimmy Patterson "a Dutch dog", this being an example of racism towards the Dutch citizens at the pub. Even though this is kind of strange because Jimmy is wearing a German officer's uniform and has German papers. Also, the guard on the left has an M1 Garand instead of a Kar98k.
On the wall behind the bar hangs a picture of H. P. Lovecraft, a well-known American author of horror fiction.
