WORLD ORDERS AND DECORATIONS 938
Belgium, CROIX DE GUERRE (5) ‘A’ cypher, one with black memorial bar; one with two bronze ‘A’ palms; one with one gilt and one silver ‘A’ palms; one with lion emblem and two small ‘A’ palms; CROIX DU FEU (5) various designs, one in case with dress miniature medal and lapel riband; CROIX DU FEU, large plaque, 172 x 153mm., with fittings for attachment to a headstone; CARTE DU FEU MEDALLION, 65mm., bronze, named to ‘Guillaume Billen’; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18 (5) - one with front line bar; three in Fisch paper packets of issue; VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (6) official type 1- two in Fisch paper packets of issue; together with miniature Fourageres (2) in the colours of the Order of Leopold I for wear with the Croix de Guerre or Yser Medal, good very fine and better (26)
£140-180 939
Belgium, YSER MEDAL 1914 (3); YSER CROSS 1914 (2); VOLUNTEERS MEDAL 1914-18 (3); LIÈGE MEDAL 1914 (3); KING ALBERT MEDAL 1914-18 (4) French and Flemish issues, with ‘humanitarian and charitable’ and ‘food supply’ ribbons; POLITICAL PRISONERS MEDAL (2) French and Flemish issues; DEPORTEES CROSS 1914-18 (2) all with ribbon; CIVIC DECORATION 1914-18 (2), 1st and 2nd Classes, each with 1 clasp, 1914-1918, enamelled, 2nd Class with enamel damage; CIVIC MEDAL 1914-18 (3), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with 1 clasp, 1914-1918; all with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (24)
£180-220 940
Belgium, MARITIME DECORATION 1914-18 (2) 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled, with crossed anchors on ribbons; MARITIME MEDAL 1914-18 (3) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with crossed anchors on ribbon; QUEEN ELIZABETH MEDAL (3) - one with enamelled cross in case of issue; two others without enamelled cross - one in damaged case of issue; MEDAL OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SUPPLY (4), 1st Class, gilt, with rosette on ribbon, in Fonson, Brussels case of issue; another, 2nd Class, gilt; another, 3rd Class, silver; another, 4th Class, bronze; NATIONAL RESTORATION MEDAL 1914-18 (2); CHAPLAIN’S CROSS, gilt, ARMBANDS (2) for War Invalids and War Mutilated, each with central star emblem by Rooster, Brussels, and official stamp mark of the Ministry of National Defence, good very fine and better (17)
£180-220 941
Belgium, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (3), official type; Czechoslovakia, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (2), official type 1; another, re-issue type 1; France, VICTORY 1918, official type; Greece, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (3), official type; Italy, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (4), official type 1 (2); another, official type 2 (2); Portugal, VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 2; Romania, VICTORY MEDAL 1918, unofficial type 3; U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (3) official type (2) - one with 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse- Argonne, Oise-Aisne, Aisne-Marne; another, unofficial issue, generally very fine (18)
£140-160 942
Belgium, MEDAL OF GRATITUDE, table medal by G. Devreese, 79mm., bronze, unnamed, in Fonson case of issue, good very fine
£100-150
Created at the end of the Great War for award to those persons whose countries did not readily allow their citizens to receive wearable awards from foreign countries. Notably, it was awarded to Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America. Ref. Distinctions Honorifiques de la Belgique 1830-1985, by Andre Charles Borne, p. 369-370.
943
Belgium, MILITARY CROSs (6) Leopold II issue (2), 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled; another, Albert issue, 1st Class, enamelled; another, Leopold III issue, 1st Class, enamelled; Post-1951 issue (2) 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled, all 1st Class badges with rosettes on ribbon, good very fine (6)
£120-160 944
Belgium, MILITARY DECORATION (6) on ‘Bravery’ ribbon, ‘L.II’ cypher, silver-gilt; another, ‘A’ cypher, silver, with small base silver ‘A’ palm on ribbon; another, ‘double A’ cypher, gilt (2); post-1952 bilingual issues (2) gilt - one with gilt chevron on ribbon; MILITARY DECORATION (15) on ‘long service’ ribbon, ‘L.II’ cypher (5) gilt - four with gilt chevrons on ribbon; another, ‘A’ cypher (3) gilt - one with chevron on ribbon; another, ‘double A’ cypher (4) gilt - one in in Fonson case; another with gilt chevron on ribbon; post-1952 issues (3) gilt - one with gilt chevron on ribbon, generally good very fine (21)
£180-220 945
Belgium, CROIX DE GUERRE (8) ‘L.III’ cypher, with no emblems on ribbon (2); another, with two bronze ‘L.III’ palms on ribbon; another, with bronze lion in roundel on ribbon (2); another, with base silver ‘L’ palm on ribbon; another, with bronze lion and bronze ‘L’ palm on ribbon; another, with bronze ‘L’ palm and castle tower on ribbon, generally good very fine (8)
£160-200 The ‘L.III’ palms were used for a short time in 1940. The tower emblem was for civilians for acts of bravery in the face of the enemy. 946
Belgium, RESISTANCE MEDAL 1940-45 (2); CIVIL RESISTANCE MEDAL 1940-45 (2) - different strikings; POLITICAL PRISONER’S CROSS 1940-45, with 2 clasps bearing seven stars; CIVIC DECORATION 1940-45 (2) 1st and 2nd Classes, each with clasp, 1940 -1945, enamelled, in card boxes of issue; CIVIC MEDAL 1940-45 (3), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with clasp, 1940 -1945; EVADER’S CROSS; MEDAL OF GRATITUDE 1940-45 (6) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with enamelled cross; another, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, without enamelled cross, good very fine and better (17)
£200-250 Each star on the clasps of the Political Prisoner’s Cross represented 6 months imprisonment. 947
Belgium, VOLUNTEERS MEDAL (3) 1940-45 issue (2); another, post-1960 issue with clasp, 1940-1945; MILITARY FIGHTERS MEDAL 1940-45; PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL 1940-45 (2) each with ‘five bar’ emblem; MARITIME MEDAL 1940-45, bronze, with crossed anchors on ribbon; DEFAULTER’S MEDAL (5) with ribbon for refusing to perform military duties for the enemy (2); for refusing to perform work for the enemy (2) and for refusing to return to work in Germany (1); MEDAL FOR RESISTING NAZISM IN ANNEXED TERRITORIES 1974 (3) - different ribbons; RECRUITMENT MEDAL 1940 (3)- for the three different languages: French, Flemish and German, generally extremely fine (18)
£180-220
Each bar on the Prisoner of War Medal represented 6 months imprisonment.
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