Hendrik Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Gents, What about trying to establish a list of European cities with the medal(s) they were awarded ? Let me start this topic of with two of them : Vught in the Netherlands : WW2 Belgian Gratitude Medal, gold class, in recognition of its inhabitants' helpful attitude towards the Belgian prisoners in the German concentration camp there. Verdun in France : Russian St. George Cross (class ?), British Military Cross, French Legion of Honour (knight class ?) and Croix de Guerre with palm, Italian Gold Medal for Valour, Belgian Order of Leopold I, military division, knight class, Serbian Gold Obilitch Medal and Montenegro Miloch Obilitch Medal. Looking forward to what the combined brains of the forum members can come up with on this subject ! Cheers, Hendrik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) The Town of Li?ge (Belgium)Who stopped the first german attack in august 1914Croix de Guerre italienne, Croix de Guerre belge 1940 avec palme, Croix de la L?gion d'Honneur M?daille militaire pour la bravoure, en or, du Royaume des Serbessee here olso the photo of the offical cerimony for the L?gion d'honneur, given to the town in 1914 after the first WW with king Albert and Queen Elisabeth, President Pointcar? and Mar?chal Foch of France Edited October 24, 2006 by g_deploige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The Companion of the Liberation CommunitiesNANTES by decree, 11 November 1941. GRENOBLE by decree, 4 May 1944.PARIS by decree, 24 March 1945.VASSIEUX-EN-VERCORS by decree, 4 August 1945.ILE DE SEIN by decree, 1 January 1946.Click here for more info (official website of the Order of Liberation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Not a city, but the Island of Malta got the George Cross, the non-combat equivalent to the VC, for its behaviour during WWII, particularly its steadfastness during the Axis bombing raids early in the war. The GC now features on the flag of the island nation!Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piramida Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The City of Belgrade, Serbia, recieved:L?gion d'Honneur - The only city outside of France with the exception of Luxemburg and Liege. WWICzechoslovakian War Cross - WWIKarageorge Star with Sword - WWIOrder of National Hero - WWIIAnother thing that must be noted is that when a collective award is made the awarded class of and order is always the lowest class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 L?gion d'Honneur - The only city outside of France with the exception of Luxemburg and Liege. WWI...Another thing that must be noted is that when a collective award is made the awarded class of and order is always the lowest class Thanks Gents, keep it going So, Luxemburg received the L?gion d'Honneur ... At a guess, the city would then also have received the French Croix de Guerre and possibly the Belgian one too ? Anyone who has a clue there ? Thanks too for the information on the class awarded ! Cheers, Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piramida Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) Btw. I think Verdun also recieved the Portugese Order of the Tower and Sword in october of 1917And heres the coat of arms of Belgrade Edited October 24, 2006 by Piramida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Hello, The city of Ypres:* French : Croix de Guerre* Englisch : Military CrossCordial greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 68 towns has been decorated with the L?gion d?honneurL?gion d?honneur French TownsChalon-sur-Sa?ne 22/5/1815Tournus 22/5/1815Saint-Jean-de-Losne 22/5/1815Roanne 7/5/1864Ch?teaudun 3/10/1877Belfort 19/4/1896Ramberville 19/4/1896Saint-Quentin 6/6/1897Dijon 18/5/1899Paris 9/10/1900Bazeilles 9/10/1900Lille 9/10/1900Valenciennes 9/10/1900Landrecies 19/10/1900Saint-Dizier 16/9/1905P?ronne 3/10/1913Verduin 12/9/1916Bitche 14/6/1919Reims 4/7/1919Dunkerque 9/8/1919Strasbourg 14/8/1919Phalsbourg 14/8/1919Arras 30/8/1919Lens 30/8/1919Cambrai 13/9/1919Douai 13/9/1919Longwy 20/9/1919Bapaume 10/10/1919Nancy 11/10/1919Metz 27/10/1919B?thune 5/12/1919Soissons 15/1/1920Thionville 15/1/1920Noyon 11/7/1920Ch?teau-Thierry 17/7/1920Montdidier 22/9/1924Nomeny 28/9/1928Badonviller 20/4/1929Gerbeville 23/7/1930Pont-?-Mousson 21/8/1930Longuyon 21/8/1930Audun-le-Roman 21/8/1930Albert 15/4/1932Boulogne-sur-Mer 10/7/1947Calais 10/7/1947Brest 9/2/1948Abbeville 2/6/1948Amiens 2/6/1948Caen 2/6/1948Saint-L? 2/6/1948Saint-Malo 8/7/1948Falaise 21/8/1948Evreux 27/8/1948Argentan 28/2/1949Ascq 28/2/1949Etobon 28/2/1949Le Havre 28/2/1949Lorient 28/2/1949Lyon 28/2/1949Oradour-sur-Glan 28/2/1949Rouen 28/2/1949Saint-Di? 28/2/1949Saint-Nazaire 28/2/1949Beavais 1957L?gion d?honneur to No French townsLi?ge (Belgium) 7/8/1914Belgrado (Serbia) 28/12/1920Luxembourg 1957Stalingrad (Russia) 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) 18 towns has been decorated by the M?daille de la R?sistance (France)Bethincourt 15/10/1945Brest 31/3/1947Caen 24/4/1946Caniac du Causse 24/4/1946La Chapelle-en-Vercors 15/10/1945Lyon 20/11/1946Marsoulas 31/3/1947Meximieux 22/9/1945Montceau-les-Mines 24/4/1946Nantua 16/1/1947Territoire de la nouvelle-Caledonie 24/4/1946Oyonnax 16/1/1947Plogasnou 31/3/1947Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 15/10/1945Ile de sein 1/1/1946Tavaux 31/3/1947Terrou 23/9/1945Thones 15/10/1945Click here to see the medal Edited October 24, 2006 by g_deploige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) Towns decorated by la Croix de guerre (France)Duinkerque 1914-1918 1939-1945Ypres (Belgium) 1914-1918Toulon 1939-1945Abbeville 1939-1945Saumur 1939-1945Paris 1939-1945Strasbourg 1939-1945Caen 1939-1945Lille 1914-1918 1939-1945Vassieux-en-Vercors 1939-1945Lorient 1939-1945Reims 1939-1945Tarbes 1939-1945Verduin 1914-1918 1939-1945Click here to see croix de guerre 1914-1918Click here to see croix de guerre 1939-1945 Edited October 24, 2006 by g_deploige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) Medal ?de la reconnaissance Fran?aise?French townsNemasseThononEvianCeretCerb?reHochfeldenClick here to see the medal Edited October 24, 2006 by g_deploige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Commeoration medals given to towns1914-1918Soissons m?daille de l?AisneVarennes-en-Argonne m?daille de l?ArgonneRamberville m?daille d?ArrasCh?teau-Thi?rry m?daille de l?ArtoisMeaux m?daille de la MarneSaint-Michel m?daille Saint-MichelP?ronne m?daille de la SommeNieuport (Belgium) m?daille des Trois Cit?s and m?daille de l?YserDixmude(Belgium) m?daille des Trois Cit?s and m?daille de l?YserYpres (Belgium) m?daille des Trois Cit?s and m?daille de l?YserLi?ge (Belgium) m?daille de liegeVerdun m?daille de Verdun1939-1945Dunkerque m?daille de DunkerqueGembloux (Belgium) m?daille de Gembloux, m?daille des Flandres et DunkerqueAmiens m?daille de la SommeMetz m?daille de la liberation de MetzNancy m?daille de la liberation de Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The Town of Lille (France)Has olso been decorated bij the order of the tower and the Sword of Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Verdun has been decorated with 26 medals and is the most decorated town of FranceCroix de la L?gion d?Honneur (avec le droit de la faire figurer sur ses armoiries), Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 avec palme (? la fin de la guerre, la ville est d?cor?e d?une seconde palme), Croix de Saint-Georges (Russie), Military Cross (Grande Bretagne et Irlande), M?daille d?Or de la Valeur Militaire (Italie), Croix de L?opold 1er (Belgique), M?daille d?Or de la Bravoure Militaire (Serbie), M?daille d?Or Obilitch (Mont?n?gro), Grand Cordon de l?Ordre de la Tour et de l?Ep?e (Portugal), Grand Cordon du Tigre Tachet? (Chine), Croix de la Libert? de Premi?re Classe (Estonie), Croix de Guerre de Premi?re Classe(Gr?ce), M?daille de la Vertu Militaire(Roumanie), Croix de Guerre Polonaise(Pologne), M?daille Comm?morative en Or(Etats-Unis d?Am?rique), Ordre de Kin Khan (Annam), Croix de Guerre (Tch?coslovaquie ), Croix de la Couronne de Ch?ne et M?daille des Volontaires Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg), M?daille d?Or de l?Ordre Royal (Cambodge), M?daille du M?rite Militaire Ch?rifien (Maroc), Ordre du Nichan-Iftikhar (Tunisie), Croix de l?Ordre Militaire du Lacplesis (Lettonie), Ordre Royal des Millions d?El?phants et du Parasol Blanc (Laos), Croix de Saint-Charles (Monaco).En1948, la Ville de Verdun se vit d?cerner une citation qui lui valut la Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 avec ?toile d?Argent pour s??tre ? montr?e toujours digne de son glorieux pass? ? et avoir men?, ? par tous les moyens, avec t?nacit?, la lutte contre l?occupant ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Veurne (Furne) in Belgium (Flanders) ols recieved the Croix de Guerre (France) from the French president Poincar? in 1920 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Diksmuide (Diksmude) Belgium - flanders was the only belgian town who recieved the great Italian War cross in august 1922as ?citta heroica? by the duce of Aosta, send by Mussolini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) Diksmuide (Diksmude) Belgium - flanders was the only belgian town who recieved the great Italian War cross in august 1922as ?citta heroica? by the duce of Aosta, send by Mussolini.The City of Amsterdam was awarded the Gold Medal of the City of Arnheim in 1946 "for the support of the Municipality of Amsterdam in the relief of the citizens of Arnheim after the plundering and destruction of houses by German occupiers from September 1944 to half of April 1945." Edited October 25, 2006 by ErikMuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 The City of Amsterdam was awarded the Gold Medal of the City of Arnheim in 1946 "for the support of the Municipality of Amsterdam in the relief of the citizens of Arnheim after the plundering and destruction of houses by German occupiers from September 1944 to half of April 1945."Erik, do you olso have the arms of coats ot the town of amsterdam with the medal or a picture of this type of medal ?Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) Erik, do you olso have the arms of coats ot the town of amsterdam with the medal or a picture of this type of medal ?GuySince it is not a custom in the Netherlands to decorate cities, none of the Dutch city coats-of-arms have medals in them.Below is the image of the medal, taken from the annual rapport over 1946 of the City of Amsterdam. The text on the reverse reads as follows:Aangeboden aanhet Gemeentebestuurvan Amsterdamuit grote Dankbaarheidvoor de hulpdie de hoofdstadaan Arnhems burgerij tot leninging van noodverleende17 September 1945(Presented to the municipality of Amsterdam as a token of Gratitude for the relief the capital offered to the citizens of Arnhem, 17 September 1945). Edited October 25, 2006 by ErikMuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Nice list Guy,Would it be possible to get a bigger picture of the decorations, it's quite tiny and I would love to see all those medals.Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Lovely stuff and a wealth of information - many thanks !!! And ... keep them coming Cheers, Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Nice list Guy,Would it be possible to get a bigger picture of the decorations, it's quite tiny and I would love to see all those medals.Kind regards,JackySorry Jacky, I dont have a bigger photo of the medals of verdun, if you want a bigger photo you can asked it at the town of Verdun, here their website http://www.ville-verdun.fr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasz Gaszewski Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Places awarded with the Polish order Virtuti Militari:1. Lw?w (Germ. Lemberg, Ukr. Lviv) - November 11, 19202. Verdun - ?3. Warsaw - December 23, 19404. Polish War Cementery at Katyn - 1976 (initially the award of the Polish Gvt. in Exile went to the Katyn Monument in London, after 1991 transferred to the cementery itself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 2. Verdun - ?Hello Lukasz,Thanks for that information ! Apparently Verdun did not receive the Virtuti Militari but the War Cross (see the earlier post in this thread).Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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