Belgium Uncertain Belgium medal #1

[Troy Tempest]

Good evening again gents! I received three Belgium medals today, and would just like to check on the correct name of them please! The first was labelled Belgium Decoration for labour gold crown:

[Alex K]

Correct

Alex

[Kev in Deva]

More correctly the Belgium Decotration for Labour I Class.

denoted by the Gold Crown abd Rosette on the ribbon.

II Class is in silver with no Rosette on the ribbon.

No military connectiion what ever by the way.

Kevin in Deva.

[Roeland]

No military connectiion what ever by the way.

indeed, I must say that I still see it in almost every collection from people who collect belgian military medals.

I have this one as well.

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Roeland

it is not a military award its given for exemplary attendance at work.

As a reward for good attendance and work practise.

Kevin in Deva.

[Roeland]

yes I know, I just wanted to point out that it is still often represented in military collections.

probably because it is cheap and there are a lot of them, in the Netherlands you can buy one for 2-3 euro.

cheers

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Roeland,

It is also quite frequently described on Ebay auctions as a military medal as well,

thats how many moons ago, I bought one, long before,

I became aware of this great G.M.I.C. Forum.

Kevin in Deva

[Roeland]

I think everyone has made that kind of mistake, I know I have.

Sometimes things look military and a seller on eBay has a great story about it, when you do some research there is nothing special about it besides being old.

[love4history]

Besides "military" these medals are also sold as "freemason" because of the presence of the "ageold freemason symbol of a beehive" and some tools...

Nevertheless these medals can become a very attractive collection in themselves as there are different (crossshaped) variations for work in a labour organisation, health insurance, agriculture, women's versions, different models trough the ages, different grades... a full collection should amount to about 100 medals (rough guess...)

[Troy Tempest]

Okay, thanks again gents for your help! My records are now correct! I didn't know it wasn't a military award, but it is a nice looking one, and I'm glad I received it none the less. I never got one for slaving away all those years when I was working for the government!

[Ed_Haynes]

http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=3158

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[speedytop]

Hi,

it is an old thread, but I could not find some newer posts about the Belgium Industrial and Agricultural Decoration from 1947, since 1863 Industrial Decoration, since 1958 Labour Decoration.

I only want to add here this new (old) decoration in my collection. It is a II. class from 1864, a one piece construction (the center picture is engraved) with a small crown, the inscription only in French:

Uwe

[revolutie1830]

Hello speedytop,

a very beautiful item. In this form the first type (1863). Those where usually named. 

Named items are scarce.

This one was accorded by royal decree of 14 december 1864 :

Lemyé Jules, ouvrier ébéniste, à Bruges.

Moniteur Belge 16/12/1864

Edited June 3, 2016 by revolutie1830

[speedytop]

Thank you very much for your information, because I'm always interested in the "history" of the pieces in my collection.

Uwe

[VC89]

Nice medal. I never have seen them with the date of the royal decree.

Here are some of my rare or uncommen pieces:

1&2: Agricultural Decoration 2nd class (green wreath), only French and maker on the back (A. Fisch Bruxelles)

3: Miniature Agricultural Decoration, 2nd class

4: 1st & 2nd class Agricultural Decoration, French and Dutch

5: 2nd class Industrial Decoration, French only

6: 1st and 2nd class Industrial Decoration, Dutch only (unofficial)

7&8: 2nd Class Industrial Decoration with maker mark on the back (Auguste Fonson)

9: Box of medal in picture 7&8

10&11: three 2nd class Industrial Decorations with maker marks (A. Fisch (x2) and Fonson & C.), the middle one is unfinished.

12: Three Women versions of the Industrial Decoration 2nd class

13: Industrial Decoration awarded after a mortal accident at work (Unless I'm mistaken it should always be 1st class)

14&15: A more modern Industrial Decoration with engraved name (it aren't always old ones :))

 

     

[speedytop]

And now I found a very old miniature (on ebay). You can see the differences in the small unperforated and the larg perforated crown (picture from Post 15 No. 3):

[speedytop]

And now the unofficial decoration with the inscription only in Dutch from my collection:

Uwe