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.

    Having purchased his medals
    and matching miniatures,
    plus photos, armbands and
    other items, it must surely be
    possible to find out who he
    was.

    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 - was the
    original lost or damaged - that I intend to
    research, but in the meantime, I need to
    find out who our hero was and any
    assistance would be much appreciated.


    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 medal with the incorrectly issued crossed swords.
Last Updated 17 November 2007