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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 310

An Interesting Belgian B.E.M. Group of Fifteen to Adjutant A.F.H.A. Buekens, Belgian Ministry of National Defence, Who Served in the 1940 Campaign and Participated in the Resistance Movement
a) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight's breast Badge, 60mm including wreath suspension x 45mm, silver and enamel, obverse central medallion lacking crown
b) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Knight's breast Badge, 60mm including crown suspension x 38mm, silver and enamel
c) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze
d) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal of the Resistance 1940-45, bronze
e) Belgium, Kingdom, War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with crossed swords emblem on riband
f) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for Combat Volunteers of the Resistance, bronze, with 'Pugnator' bar
g) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for Prisoners of War 1940-45, bronze, with bronze riband bar
h) Belgium, Kingdom, Military Decoration, Second Class, for Long Service, silver
i) Belgium, Kingdom, Albert I Silver Jubilee Medal 1934
j) France, Cross of Resistance of Réseau Sylvestre Farmer, bronze
k) Great Britain, British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (Adjudant Albert F H A Buekens), silver
l) United States of America, Medal of Freedom, bronze
m) France, Republic, Croix du Guerre, reverse dated '1939', bronze, with bronze star emblem on riband
n) France, Republic, War Medal 1939-45, gilt, with 'France' bar
o) France, Republic, Medal of Liberated France 1944, bronze, generally good very fine or better, a scarce combination (15)

B.E.M. 140.22381 Adjudant Albert Ferdinand Hector Adrien Buekens, Chef du Service des Decorations Adjoint, Belgian Ministry of National Defence
The Recommendation, dated 3.4.1946, and signed by Montgomery of Alamein, states: 'Went through 1940 campaign. Participated in Resistance Movement. As NCO attached to 2nd Bureau showed ability and devotion to duty in manifold missions including particularly questions of awards to representatives of Liberation Armies.'

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