BELGIUM: Commemorative medal for the 50th
Anniversary of the WW1 Armistice in 1918.
The medal was instituted in 1968 by King
Baudouin.
On the obverse the portraits of King Albert (King
of Belgium during WW1) and King Baudouin
(King of Belgium in 1968).
On the reverse: A soldier's tomb below the years
1918 - 1968 and the word "Armistice" in French
and Flemish.
The signing of the WW1 armistice which took
place, on 11 Nov. 1918, in the railway carriage
(carriage N. 24190) of Marshal Foch at the Forest
of Compiègne, about 37 miles (60 km) North of
Paris.
Note that in WW2, Hitler demanded that the
capitulation of France, in 1940, to be signed in
the same carriage at the same place.
A rarely seen commemorative medal.
FULL SIZE
WW1 1914 1918
Item 100% original - ribbon original
Condition as on the photos
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