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    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.

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    The Town of Li?ge (Belgium)

    Who stopped the first german attack in august 1914

    Croix 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 Serbes

    see 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

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    The City of Belgrade, Serbia, recieved:

    L?gion d'Honneur - The only city outside of France with the exception of Luxemburg and Liege. WWI

    Czechoslovakian War Cross - WWI

    Karageorge Star with Sword - WWI

    Order of National Hero - WWII

    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

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    L?gion d'Honneur - The only city outside of France with the exception of Luxemburg and Liege. WWI

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    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 :beer:

    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

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    68 towns has been decorated with the L?gion d?honneur

    L?gion d?honneur French Towns

    Chalon-sur-Sa?ne 22/5/1815

    Tournus 22/5/1815

    Saint-Jean-de-Losne 22/5/1815

    Roanne 7/5/1864

    Ch?teaudun 3/10/1877

    Belfort 19/4/1896

    Ramberville 19/4/1896

    Saint-Quentin 6/6/1897

    Dijon 18/5/1899

    Paris 9/10/1900

    Bazeilles 9/10/1900

    Lille 9/10/1900

    Valenciennes 9/10/1900

    Landrecies 19/10/1900

    Saint-Dizier 16/9/1905

    P?ronne 3/10/1913

    Verduin 12/9/1916

    Bitche 14/6/1919

    Reims 4/7/1919

    Dunkerque 9/8/1919

    Strasbourg 14/8/1919

    Phalsbourg 14/8/1919

    Arras 30/8/1919

    Lens 30/8/1919

    Cambrai 13/9/1919

    Douai 13/9/1919

    Longwy 20/9/1919

    Bapaume 10/10/1919

    Nancy 11/10/1919

    Metz 27/10/1919

    B?thune 5/12/1919

    Soissons 15/1/1920

    Thionville 15/1/1920

    Noyon 11/7/1920

    Ch?teau-Thierry 17/7/1920

    Montdidier 22/9/1924

    Nomeny 28/9/1928

    Badonviller 20/4/1929

    Gerbeville 23/7/1930

    Pont-?-Mousson 21/8/1930

    Longuyon 21/8/1930

    Audun-le-Roman 21/8/1930

    Albert 15/4/1932

    Boulogne-sur-Mer 10/7/1947

    Calais 10/7/1947

    Brest 9/2/1948

    Abbeville 2/6/1948

    Amiens 2/6/1948

    Caen 2/6/1948

    Saint-L? 2/6/1948

    Saint-Malo 8/7/1948

    Falaise 21/8/1948

    Evreux 27/8/1948

    Argentan 28/2/1949

    Ascq 28/2/1949

    Etobon 28/2/1949

    Le Havre 28/2/1949

    Lorient 28/2/1949

    Lyon 28/2/1949

    Oradour-sur-Glan 28/2/1949

    Rouen 28/2/1949

    Saint-Di? 28/2/1949

    Saint-Nazaire 28/2/1949

    Beavais 1957

    L?gion d?honneur to No French towns

    Li?ge (Belgium) 7/8/1914

    Belgrado (Serbia) 28/12/1920

    Luxembourg 1957

    Stalingrad (Russia) 1984

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    18 towns has been decorated by the M?daille de la R?sistance (France)

    Bethincourt 15/10/1945

    Brest 31/3/1947

    Caen 24/4/1946

    Caniac du Causse 24/4/1946

    La Chapelle-en-Vercors 15/10/1945

    Lyon 20/11/1946

    Marsoulas 31/3/1947

    Meximieux 22/9/1945

    Montceau-les-Mines 24/4/1946

    Nantua 16/1/1947

    Territoire de la nouvelle-Caledonie 24/4/1946

    Oyonnax 16/1/1947

    Plogasnou 31/3/1947

    Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 15/10/1945

    Ile de sein 1/1/1946

    Tavaux 31/3/1947

    Terrou 23/9/1945

    Thones 15/10/1945

    Click here to see the medal

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    Towns decorated by la Croix de guerre (France)

    Duinkerque 1914-1918 1939-1945

    Ypres (Belgium) 1914-1918

    Toulon 1939-1945

    Abbeville 1939-1945

    Saumur 1939-1945

    Paris 1939-1945

    Strasbourg 1939-1945

    Caen 1939-1945

    Lille 1914-1918 1939-1945

    Vassieux-en-Vercors 1939-1945

    Lorient 1939-1945

    Reims 1939-1945

    Tarbes 1939-1945

    Verduin 1914-1918 1939-1945

    Click here to see croix de guerre 1914-1918

    Click here to see croix de guerre 1939-1945

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    Commeoration medals given to towns

    1914-1918

    Soissons m?daille de l?Aisne

    Varennes-en-Argonne m?daille de l?Argonne

    Ramberville m?daille d?Arras

    Ch?teau-Thi?rry m?daille de l?Artois

    Meaux m?daille de la Marne

    Saint-Michel m?daille Saint-Michel

    P?ronne m?daille de la Somme

    Nieuport (Belgium) m?daille des Trois Cit?s and m?daille de l?Yser

    Dixmude(Belgium) m?daille des Trois Cit?s and m?daille de l?Yser

    Ypres (Belgium) m?daille des Trois Cit?s and m?daille de l?Yser

    Li?ge (Belgium) m?daille de liege

    Verdun m?daille de Verdun

    1939-1945

    Dunkerque m?daille de Dunkerque

    Gembloux (Belgium) m?daille de Gembloux, m?daille des Flandres et Dunkerque

    Amiens m?daille de la Somme

    Metz m?daille de la liberation de Metz

    Nancy m?daille de la liberation de Nancy

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    Verdun has been decorated with 26 medals and is the most decorated town of France

    Croix 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 ?.

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    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."

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    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

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    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

    Since 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 aan

    het Gemeentebestuur

    van Amsterdam

    uit grote Dankbaarheid

    voor de hulp

    die de hoofdstad

    aan Arnhems burgerij

    tot leninging van nood

    verleende

    17 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).

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    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

    Sorry 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/

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    Places awarded with the Polish order Virtuti Militari:

    1. Lw?w (Germ. Lemberg, Ukr. Lviv) - November 11, 1920

    2. Verdun - ?

    3. Warsaw - December 23, 1940

    4. 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).

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