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Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 1239

The Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Colonel J.A.P.A. Dôme, Belgian Air Force, who Took Part in the First Bombing Mission of the B.A.F. During the Second World War, in Which He Was Shot Down and Wounded, and Later Served With the Belgian Resistance a) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Commander´s neck Badge, 100mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 60mm, gilt and enamel, bi-lingual version, with neck riband; together with a Military Division, Officer´s breast Badge, 72mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 40mm, gilt and enamel, French version, with rosette on riband; and a Military Division, Knight´s breast Badge, 76mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 43mm, silvered and enamel, bi-lingual version b) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander´s neck Badge, 80mm including wreath suspension x 60mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband; together with an Officer´s breast Badge, 63mm including wreath suspension x 46mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; and Gold Palms, breast Badge, 45mm, gilt c) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Commander´s neck Badge, 83mm including crown suspension x 52mm, gilt and enamel, bi-lingual version, with neck riband; together with an Officer´s breast Badge, 60mm including crown suspension x 38mm, gilt, lacking central obverse medallion d) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze e) Belgium, Kingdom, Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze f) Belgium, Kingdom, War Medal 1940-45, with crossed swords and red cross emblem on riband, generally nearly extremely fine, together with the recipient´s miniature awards, including a Belgian Military Cross; a selection of riband bars, buttons, and emblems; a number of cases of issue; and the following official documents &c.: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Leopold, named to Colonel Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 14.11.1968 - Bestowal Document for the Officer of the Order of Leopold, named to Major Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 8.4.1953 - Bestowal Document for the Knight of the Order of Leopold, named to Captain Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 8.4.1950 - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Crown, named to Major Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 15.11.1954 - Bestowal Document for the Officer of the Order of the Crown, named to Captain-Commandant Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 15.11.1951 - Bestowal Document for the Knight of the Order of the Crown, named to Captain Jacques A.P.A. Dôme, and dated 15.11.1948 - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Leopold II, named to Major Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 15.11.1953 - Bestowal Document for the Officer of the Order of Leopold II, named to Captain-Commandant Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 15.11.1952 - Bestowal Document for the Knight of the Order of Leopold II with Palm, and the Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, named to Adjutant Jacques-Albert-Pierre-Aline Dôme, and dated 8.4.1941, together with Ministry of Defence enclosure - Bestowal Document for the Military Cross First Class, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques-Aline-Pierre-A. Dôme, and dated 12.11.1965 - Bestowal Document for the Military Cross Second Class, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques-Aline-Pierre-Albert Dôme, and dated 7.4.1961 - Bestowal Document for the Civic Medal Third Class, named to Monsieur Jacques A.P.A. Dôme, and dated 17.12.1948, together with Ministry of the Interior and Province of Hainaut enclosures - Bestowal Document for the War Medal 1940-45, with crossed swords, named to Lieutenant Jacques Albert P. Dôme, and dated 1.11.1946 - Bestowal Document for the Resistance Medal, named to Monsieur Jacques-Albert-Pierre-Aline Dôme, and dated 18.11.1948 - Two Bestowal Documents for the Belgian Red Cross, named to Monsieur Jacques Dôme, and dated 24.12.1945 and 18.3.1946, together with two enclosure letters, the documents all hole-punched - Portrait photograph of the Recipient in R.A.F. Uniform (lot) Estimate £ 600-700 Colonel Jacques Aline Pierre Albert Dôme (1915-2004), was born in Leige, and at the outbreak of the Second World War trained at Oostend Shooting School, prior to taking part in the first bombing mission of the Belgian Air Force, 11.5.1940, on the Albert Canal bridges, for which he was awarded the Croix de Guerre: "On the 11th May 1940 during the course of a particularly dangerous bombing mission over the suburbs of Maastricht, his plane was violently attacked and shot down by a number of enemy aircraft. He was heavily wounded on the hands". He was evacuated by hospital train to Northern France, where he founded the Walloon Work Volunteers, a patriotic organization who maintained the spirit of youth during the period of German occupancy. In 1942 he joined the Belgian Resistance, and served with them until the end of the War, when he subsequently established and ran the first Under-Officers school for the Belgian Air Force. He was promoted Captain Aviator in 1943, and Major Aviator, with the Command of the 4th Squadron, 1st Wing, Belgian Air Force in 1952, and was posted to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, as Head of Operations in 1954. Dôme returned to Belgium in 1957 with the post of Interception Controller, and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel Aviator in 1959, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1966.

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