WW2 Belgium Volunteers Medal 1940-1945. Full-Sized.
WW2 Belgium Volunteers Medal 1940-1945. Full-Sized.
The Volunteer's Medal 1940-1945 (French: "Médaille du Volontaire 1940-1945", Dutch: "Medaille van de Oorlogsvrijwilliger 1940-1945") was a Belgian war medal established by royal decree of the Regent on 16 February 1945 and awarded to Belgian and foreign civilians who voluntarily enlisted in the Belgian Armed Forces during the Second World War. The medal could also be awarded to volunteers serving in the Belgian units of the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy or British merchant navy.
OBVERSE: The relief image of a soldier standing at ease holding a rifle with a bayonet, the soldier is superimposed over a large capital letter V in front of a rising sun.
REVERSE: The relief image of the Flemish "lion rampant" below the inscription in Latin "VOLONTARIIS", below the lion, the dates "1940" and "1945".
HANGER/RIBBON: Composed of fifteen alternating red and blue stripes and wide blue edge stripes.
