Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Belgium, Medal of Gratitude, table medal by G. Devreese, 79mm., bronze, unnamed, in Fonson case of issue, good very fine £30-50

Created at the end of the Great War for award to those persons whose countries did not readily allow their citizens to receive wearable awards from foreign countries. Notably, it was awarded to Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America. Ref. Distinctions Honorifiques de la Belgique 1830-1985, by Andre Charles Borne, p. 369-370.