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on 20 July 1930 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of
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Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1917 African Campaigns
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Commemorative Medal for Armed Humanitarian Operations
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297:Police Lieutenant General Oscar-Eugène Dethise
225:Aviator Lieutenant Colonel Baron Willy Coppens
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229:Lieutenant General Alphonse Ferdinand Tromme
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327:Lieutenant General Baron Armand de Ceuninck
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