Bill's Belgian Medals

A Collector's View


    I am delighted to advise readers that my revamped site has attracted considerable attention and
    hence I have continued - and will continue - to expand this record of my collection while also
    featuring guest articles and reviews of Belgian medals of interest to collectors.

    My collections has continued to expand - despite an absence in New York and Washington - and I
    have displayed some examples on this page. However, the bulk of my new additions can be seen
    in the New Acquisitions Pages.

    So please browse my website and I trust that you will enjoy what you see. I intend that my
    collection will continue to grow and always welcome offers of medals or groups of medals from
    fellow collectors to fill gaps in my collection.

    So - enjoy Bill's Belgian Medals
                                                          Bill Simpson

    I am always interested in acquiring Belgian Resistance Group medals and have recently obtained these three scarce
    items from Group 'D' , Organisation Service "D" and the Intelligence and Action Service (SRA).

    This exceptional WWI collection came into my
    hands some months ago; it includes an unusual
    Russian award

    A nice Great War Political Prisoner Group including a
    rare Médaille de Gand 1940-1945
Bill's Belgian Medals
Copyright Bill Simpson © 2005

    I acquired this extremely scarce "Collier d'Honneur de Doyen
    du Travail" given to very skilled workers in Brussels.

    When I saw this little 'Commander' group at Wavre, I couldn't resist it. The first award is the Grand-Officer of the
    Médaille de l'Éducation Social (Medal of Social Education). The other medals are:
    Ordre de l'Encouragement Public; Ordre du Génie Français; Ordre de l'eEcouragement et Dévouement; Médaille
    d'Honneur des Services Bénévoles and Mérite Culturel et Artistique

    A Great War group with the Order of the Phoenix of
    Greece.
Click to see my groups.
    This very special matched group above features three commander level awards.

    Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
    Commander of the Oaken Crown of Luxembourg
    Commander of Leopold 2.

    The other foreign medals are from right to left;

    Knight of the Order of the Nothern Star of Sweden
    Knight of the Order of Civil Merit of France
    Officer of the Order of Merit for the Republic of Italy
    Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau of The Netherlands