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1940–1945 Colonial War Effort Medal

Belgian medal

Field	Value
name	1940-1945 Colonial War Effort Medal
image	Médaille de l'Effort de Guerre Colonial 1940-1945 Belgique.jpg
image_size	150
caption	1940-1945 Colonial War Effort Medal (obverse)
presenter	[[File:Flag of Belgium.svg	18px]] Kingdom of Belgium
type	War medal
eligibility	Belgian citizens
awarded_for	Service in Belgian colonies during World War II
status	No longer awarded
established	30 January 1947

The 1940–1945 Colonial War Effort Medal (, ) was a Belgian war service medal established by royal decree of the Regent on 30 January 1947 and awarded to government civil servants, magistrates, volunteer members of the female auxiliary service, missionaries, civilian agents of the different departments and civilians who served honourably for at least one year in the Belgian Congo or Ruanda-Urundi colonies of the Kingdom of Belgium in Africa between 10 May 1940 and 7 May 1945.

Persons eligible for the award of both the 1940–1945 Colonial War Effort Medal and the 1940–1945 African War Medal could only receive one of the two, usually the one earned for the longest service.

Award description

The 1940–1945 Colonial War Effort Medal was a 31mm wide by 52mm high bronze rectangular medal with sloping upper corners. Its obverse bore at its upper center an embossed five pointed star above the relief inscription on five rows "1940" "1945" "PRO PATRIA" "ET" "VICTORIA" between vertical laurel leaves. The smooth reverse was plain.

The medal is suspended by a ring through a lateral suspension hole from a 37mm wide yellow silk moiré ribbon with 5mm wide light blue edge stripes.

Notable recipients (partial list)

Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans
Léo Pétillon

References

Other sources

Quinot H., 1950, Recueil illustré des décorations belges et congolaises, 4e Edition. (Hasselt)
Cornet R., 1982, Recueil des dispositions légales et réglementaires régissant les ordres nationaux belges. 2e Ed. N.pl., (Brussels)
Borné A.C., 1985, Distinctions honorifiques de la Belgique, 1830-1985 (Brussels)

References

(1947-01-30). "Royal Decree of the Regent of 30 January 1947 creating the 1940-1945 Colonial War Effort Medal". Belgian Government.
(2012-07-06). "Recipients of the 1940-1945 Colonial War Effort Medal compiled from the ARS MORIENDI web site". ARS MORIENDI.

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