Belgian Medals - Groups Page 7 Bill's Belgian Medals

Bill's Belgian Medals

Medal Groups - Page 7

So how impressive is this

group?

This amazing group in my

collection belonged to an

unknown soldier whom I am

keen to identify.

H

is medals

a

re complete with

matching miniatures,

plus

photos, armbands and

other

e

phemora.

Apart from a host of Belgian

orders and medals from both

major wars, he had the rare

honour of being elected a

Companion of the French

Order of Liberation and

received the Distinguished

Service Order and very rare

Silver Allied Subjects Medal -

both of these latter medals

for

bravery - from Britain.

I am aware that the DSO is

not

of

standard issue - I am

advised that it was

possibly

made in Belgium.

In the photo on the left he is

seen with

colleagues from the

Chevaliers avec

Glaives for

which I have his armband as

Vice President. In addition, I

have an

armband with a

military version of the

Knights

of Leopold 1 and another with

the

Yser Cross.

So armed with this data, and

additional pictures I have

displayed, then I would invite

you all to provide any

intelligence on the

organisation or awards that

might help to identify the

owner of this unique group of

31

honours and awards.

Incidentally, the brass plate

marked Chevaliers Avec

Glaives 1914-1918 was

awarded to Chevalier J. Van

Konin, believed to be at the

extreme right of the picture

featuring three Chevaliers. So

email me please if

you think

you can help.

To allow the reader to appreciate the full

extent of this unusual group of medals, I

have separated them

by layer and

presented them in the photographs below.

Finally, below I have presented the miniature group for this same

individual and the perceptive among you

will see that it contains the rare

Leopold 2 Knight me

d

al with the incorrectly issued crossed swords.

Last Updated 3 September 2010