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1914–1918 Commemorative War Medal, bearing four silver bars representing time served on the Front.
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Commemorative Medal for Foreign Operations or Missions
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Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1917 African Campaigns
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359:Lieutenant General Count Gérard-Mathieu Leman
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255:Lieutenant General Alphonse Ferdinand Tromme
1156:"Four Days of the Yser" Commemorative Medal
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283:Lieutenant General Alphonse Verstraete
280:Lieutenant General Georges Deffontaine
265:Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron
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782:Political Prisoner's Medal 1914–1918
694:1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross
269:Lieutenant General Jules Joseph Pire
139:Oorlogsherinnerinsmedaille 1914–1918
886:1940–1945 Colonial War Effort Medal
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319:Commodore Georges Timmermans
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