Bill's Belgian Medals New Acquisitions

Bill's Belgian Medals

New Acquisitions

This medal is a "Secret
Army - Gold cross "
(resistance group.)

Médaille des Sauveteurs d'Anvers

Croix des Sauveteurs
de la Sambre.

Médaille de l'Union des Ex-Militaires 1889-1909; Médaille du Mérite Union Nationale des Croix de Guerre
Belges et le Médaille de l'Armée du Rhin

This is a resistance medal: "Medal for the Service
D Group" which only exists in bronze.

The Medal of the Intelligence and Action
Service (SRA)

Despite a week in New York, the last few weeks have seen some interesting additions to

my collection.

However, they will need careful cataloguing and identifying.

This medal is the " Cross

for the

political prisoner of

the 1940-

1945 war " with

bar holding 3

stars, each

star for each of 6

months

of prison and a mother's

bar

- a "

black bar

"

for a

posthumous award.

This is the only Belgian

medal

which can have

another bar or

device

together with a "mother's

bar." Any other medal or

order

for a posthumous

award can only

have a

mother's bar !!

Médaille des Victimes Civiles de la Première
Guerre

I have been informed that this medal with D and
O is an unofficial medal for "Démineurs" in
French or "Ontmijners" in Dutch, and would
been awarded to military personnel in charge of
removing mines, unexploded shells and other
munitions.

Last Updated 17 November 2007