A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to J. L. de Keersmaeker, a Belgian National, imprisoned by the Germans for Espionage, 1916-18

Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher; Civic Medal 1914-18, 1st Class, with swords, gilt, with clasp, 1914-1918; Victory Medal 1914-18, official type 1; G.B., Military Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as awarded to foreign nationals; British War Medal 1914-20, with small M.I.D. emblem on ribbon (J. L. de Keersmaeker.) good very fine and better (5) £1000-1400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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Ex D.N.W. 27 June 2007.

Sold with British M.I.D. Certificate, named to ‘Monsieur J. L. de Keersmaeker. Tamise’, mentioned in Field Marshal Haig’s despatches of 8 November 1918; a letter to De Keersmaeker from the British Military Commission, War Office, London, dated 18 September 1919, confirming the award of the British War Medal ‘for valuable services rendered to the British Army during the Great War 1914-1918’; and a slip from British Military Intelligence Commission, 40 Rue Souveraine, Brussels, dated 10.4.1919, partly handwritten, partly printed, which reads, ‘Le porteur M. Louis De Keersmaeker est attaché au Service de Renseignements du Grand Quartier Général des Armées britanniques. Il est emprisonné du 17 Novembre 1916 au 17 Novembre 1918 [signed] I. A. Kirkpatrick. Captain for Major G.S.’