ORDERS, DECORATIONS & MEDALS OF BELGIUM

ORDERS & DECORATIONS

Order of the Crown - Ordre de la Couronne

Badge of Knight - without swords 

Gilt, bilingual issue - in box of issue

Order of Leopold ll Ordre du Léopold ll

Badge of Knight - French inscription  - with crossed swords on ribbon

Badge of Knight  - French inscription - civil

Badge of Knight - bilingual inscription  - civil

Medal of the Order of Leopold ll - Médaille d'Or de l'Ordre du Léopold ll 
In 'gold'

Croix de Guerre - Albert l issue

Croix de Guerre - Albert l issue - with bronze palm on ribbon

Croix de Guerre - Albert l issue - with lion emblem on ribbon

Military Decoration - Décoration Militaire
Albert l issue - 2nd class - with long service ribbon

Military Decoration - Décoration Militaire
Post 1952 issue - bilingual obverse & Belgian lion reverse
With chevron - on long service ribbon                              Minor discolouration

Civil Decoration for Bravery, Devotion and Philanthropy -
3rd class - in bronze - in its Fish & Cie. Bruxelles case of issue

Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration -
1st class - in gilt - in its Fish & Cie. Bruxelles case of issue

As above, but without case of issue

Civil Cross - Albert l issue - 2nd class - with "1914-1918" clasp
                                                                              slight enamel damage, thus

MEDALS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Yser Medal, 17th-31st October 1914

Croix de Feu, 1914-1918

WWl Victory Medal Médaille de la Victoire/Overwinningsmedaille

Official issue

Official issue

Official issue - some discolouration, thus

Medal for Combatant Volunteers 1914-1918
Médaille du Volontaire Combattant 1914-1918

Medal of the National Committee for Aid & Nourishment, 1914-1918 4th Class - in bronze
This medal was jokingly called the "Beans Medal" - a reference to the huge quantities of dried beans that were distributed during the war.
                                                               Some staining to the obverse, thus

Albert l Veteran's Cross
La Croix des Vétérans du Roi Albert 1er
with named award scroll dated 14th July 1962
               The scroll is in reasonable condition (some ageing), the medal is

Two medallions issued by the town of Welkenraedt, Liége
A 2.5cm diameter silvered medallion awarded in recognition of WWl service:
"A nos braves défenseurs 1914-1918 Welkeneaedt reconnaissant"
A 3cm bronze medallion marking the 50th Anniversary of the Armistice, 1968
Together with an impressive, 3.5cm diameter, enamelled, pin-back lapel badge L'Avant-Garde des Ex-Militaires - Welkenraedt - veterans parade?

MEDALS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

with five bar emblem - denoting five years of imprisonment

no bars

Medal of the Military Fighter 1940-1945
Médaille du Militaire Combattant de la Guerre 1940-45
With the original award scroll, dated 30th May 1969
named to Monsieur Wolf, Amédée
                                       the scroll is in excellent condition and the medal is 

With crossed swords on ribbon 

Without crossed swords 

F.N.A.P.G. / N.V.O.K.
Fédération Nationale des Anciens Prisonniers de Guerre
 Nationale Verbroedering van Oud-Krijgsgevangenen
National Federation of Former Prisoners of War

MEDALS OF THE KOREAN WAR

Medal of the Combat War Volunteer - with bronze "Pugnator" bar
in box of issue
The medal was instituted on the 8th April 1952

OTHER SINGLE AWARDS

Industrial Decoration - Badge of Officer

Medal of the Order of Industrial Merit - 1st Class
In case of issue, with "M. Cosyn" on a type-written label.

Medal of the Order of Industrial Merit - 1st Class
A good quality miniature

Medal of the Order of Industrial Merit - 2nd Class
In (slightly damaged) box of issue

Leopold ll Commemorative Medal, 1865-1905

Centenary Medal 1830-1930

F.N.C. Cross
Fédération Nationale des Combattants
With two (different) F.N.C. buttonhole badges

A.C.V. Medal
Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond - Christian Trade Union

ORDERS, DECORATIONS & MEDALS IN GROUPS

Three: André Wodon, director of the Wodon Brewery, Huy, Belgium.
Badge of Knight of the Order of Leopold ll - civil, Palmes of the Order of the Crown (in box of issue) and Industrial Decoration - first class
With four original award scrolls: 
1. Industrial Decoration - second class - dated 15th November 1949.
2. Order of Leopold ll - dated 16th November 1953.
3. Industrial Decoration - first class - dated 8th April 1958.
4. Order of the Crown - Palmes - dated 10th November 1966.
                                     documentation is in very good condition, all medals are