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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 289

The Belgian Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Ambassador Raymond Herremans, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
a) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Officer´s breast Badge, 67mm including crown suspension x 41mm, gilt and enamel, French motto, converted for neck wear, with neck riband
b) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Grand Officer´s neck Badge, 74mm including crown suspension x 51mm, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, with short section of neck riband
c) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Grand Officer´s Star, 85mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, French motto, in Fisch, Brussels, embossed case of issue
d) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer's neck Badge, 78mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband
e) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer's Star, by Wolfers, Brussels, 88mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker's cartouche on reverse, in case of issue
f) Belgium, Kingdom, War Medal 1914-18, bronze
g) Belgium, Kingdom, Allied Victory Medal, bronze, minor enamel damage and slight damage to tips of points of awards, otherwise nearly very fine or better, with the recipient's large certificate for service in the Great War; together with the Belgian Queen Elisabeth Medal bestowed upon the recipient's wife, in card box of issue, with named accompanying certificate and Ministry of the Interior letter (8)

Mr. Raymond Herremans, served during the Great War as a Sergeant in the Corps of Interpreters, Belgian Army; entered the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and served successively as Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium in Batavia; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium in Japan; and Ambassador of Belgium in Sweden

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