Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War Belgian group of nine attributed to E. O. Vercnocke, Belgian Forces

Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Decoration for the 100th Anniversary of the Ostende-Dover Ferry 1846-1946, gilt and enamel; Naval War Merit Cross, A.I.R., Second Class, silver and enamel, with crossed swords, with bullion crossed anchors on riband, enamel damage to reverse central medallion; Naval War Merit Medal, A.I.R., Second Class, silver, with crossed swords suspension, with bullion crossed anchors on riband; Civil Decoration, L.II.R., Second Class Medal, silver, on administrative long service riband; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, with 4 silver bars; Leopold II Commemorative Medal, 1865-1905, gilt; Africa Campaign Commemorative Medal 1914-1916, silver; Belgian Congo Service Star, silver, with 1 silver bar, generally good very fine (9) £100-£140

Edward Oscar Vercnocke was born in Ostend on 31 July 1894.

Sold together with the recipient’s Service Book and various postcards from the Belgian Congo.