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    The Yser Medal (French: Médaille de l'Yser, Dutch: Medaille van de IJzer) was a Belgian campaign medal of World War I, established on 18 October 1918 to...
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    worn immediately after the Yser Medal (or Yser Cross) in the Belgian order of precedence. The Belgian Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914–1918 was a 36 mm in...
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  • Belgium has established numerous orders of knighthood, decorations and medals since its creation in 1830. Below is a list of those awards. The order of...
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    red stripes centered 1 cm apart on the green field. The Four Days of the Yser is a four-day international march organised since 1967 by the Order of the...
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    Palms,  Belgium: Yser Medal,  Belgium: Fire Cross 1914–1918,  Belgium: Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1918 War,  Belgium: Victory Medal 1914–1918,  Belgium:...
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    Gold medal of valour[clarification needed] Bronze medal of valor – twice Yser Medal (Belgium) Charles Cross (Belgium)[clarification needed] Throughout World...
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    Times, 21 October 1918, accessed 27 October 2010. "The Yser Medal & Yser Cross". North East Medals. 2007. Boraston 1919, p. 291. Ellis, C. H, "The British...
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  • of precedence including all medals ever created by Belgium was never established, currently obsolete commemorative medals are excluded from this list...
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    to all who came under fire at the front during the First World War. The medal was established by royal decree on 6 February 1934. It could not be awarded...
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  • served in the army and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Yser Medal, and the Legion of Honour (military title). After the war, he graduated...
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  • Palms  Belgium: Yser Medal  Belgium: Volunteer Combatant's Medal 1914–1918  Belgium: Victory Medal 1914-1918  Belgium: Commemorative Medal of the Congo  Belgium:...
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    Jules Jacques de Dixmude (category Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor)
    palm Yser medal WWI Victory medal WW I commemorative medal The Arab campaign medal Military cross, first class Service star Commemorative medal of the...
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    Medal (Belgium) Yser Medal (Belgium) Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1918 War (Belgium) Croix de guerre (France) 1914 Star (Great Britain) War Medal (Great...
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  • – Fifth Battle of Ypres 14 to 19 October – Battle of Courtrai 18 October – Yser Medal struck 19 October – Charge of Burkel 20 October to 11 November – Battle...
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    Royal Order of the Lion (category Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium)
    chest; Gold Medal, who wears the medal on the left chest; Silver Medal, who wears the medal on the left chest; Bronze Medal, who wears the medal on the left...
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    3rd, 4th, 5th, and 50th Divisions along the Ypres-Comines canal as far as Yser, while the rest of the BEF fell back. The battle of Wytschaete, over the...
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    trench warfare. Following the Battle of the Yser in October, the Belgian army remained entrenched along the Yser Front and was left with a number of armoured...
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    Henri Mordacq (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army))
    1920-1929" (2 vol.), Paris: Plon, 1933 Mordacq, Général, "The drama of the Yser; the gas surprise" (April 1915)", Paris: Éditions des Portiques, 1933 Mordacq...
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    Flanders in October, where Albrecht commanded them during the Battle of the Yser. Albrecht also commanded the German forces during the Second Battle of Ypres...
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    First World War when the following deed took place on 31 July 1917 at the Yser Canal, Belgium during the Third Battle of Ypres for which he was awarded...
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    American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal (United States) Navy...
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    received command of the 2nd Moroccan Brigade, which he led at the Battle of the Yser and the Second Battle of Artois. It was at Artois that he was killed in a...
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    soldiers in 1914 after the Battle of the Yser where he, serving as a Nieuwpoort skipper, opened the sluices of the Yser River, flooding the polders and bringing...
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    for tobacco smuggling on the French-Belgian border, in the waters of the Yser. The hollow cylinder was fitted with twelve turbine blade-like vanes designed...
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    and for his bravery, Luís received several decorations: Military medal of the Yser, from King Albert I of Belgium; Legion of Honour, in the degree of...
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    dug 8-by-8-foot (2.4 m × 2.4 m) bunker in the back of the dyke along the Yser Canal about 2 miles north of Ypres. McCrae's friend and former militia member...
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    own orders, decorations and medals. The Victoria Cross takes precedence over all other British orders, decorations and medals and may be awarded to a person...
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    Willy Coppens (category Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor)
    and 13 bronze lions Yser cross Fire cross WWI Victory medal WW I commemorative medal Military cross, second class Commemorative medal of the 100 anniversary...
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    C. Histoire des fortifications de Liège The Battle of Liège, 1914 Siege of Liège, 5–15 August 1914 The Fortresses of Liège Sambre–Marne–Yser (French)...
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    Pul, Paul Van (2007). In Flanders Flooded Fields: Before Ypres There Was Yser. Pen and Sword. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4738-1431-8. The French name of Dunkerque...
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