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Belgium, Société Royale Hippique de Belgique, 1902, a silver award medal by Fisch & Cie, bust of Leopold II left, rev. legend in wreath, engraved (Concours Hippique International, 2e Prix), 51mm; Herbert Hoover, 1916, a plated bronze medal by G. Devreese, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 55mm (cf. DNW 35, 495) [2]. Very fine, but first with minor scuffs and knocks (£40-50)

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), 31st President of the United States, 1929-33. At the outbreak of War Hoover, then in London, volunteered to direct the return of thousands of Americans stranded in Europe. He then turned to the aid of war-torn Belgium, heading the Commission for Relief of Belgium from 1915-19, a position that brought him public attention as “the great humanitarian” – a well-earned reputation that he lost only after the 1929 Wall Street Crash. The Commission fed 10 million people during the War, operating its own fleet of 200 ships and transporting 5 million metric tonnes of food