Deportees' Cross 1914–1918

Deportees' Cross 1914–1918
Deportees' Cross 1914–1918 (obverse)
Type	War medal
Awarded for	Deportation to Germany for forced labour
Presented by	Kingdom of Belgium
Eligibility	Belgian citizens
Status	No longer awarded
Established	27 November 1922
Total	~55,000

The Deportees' Cross 1914–1918 (French: Croix des Déportés 1914–1918) (Dutch: Weggevoerdenkruis 1914–1918) was a Belgian war medal established on 27 November 1922 by royal decree and awarded to Belgian citizens deported to Germany for forced labour during the First World War.

Deportees who died during their deportation were not awarded this cross, instead, they received the Order of Leopold II with the ribbon bearing a central longitudinal gold stripe.

Award description

The Deportees' Cross 1914–1918 is a 38mm wide bronze cross pattée with identical obverse and reverse. The horizontal arms bear the relief inscription "1914" on the right arm and "1918" on the left arm.

The cross is suspended by a ring through a suspension loop from a 37mm wide dark red silk moiré ribbon adorned with 3mm chevrons in the national colours of Belgium.

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium

References

• Royal decree of 27 November 1922

Other sources

• Quinot H., 1950, Recueil illustré des décorations belges et congolaises, 4e Edition. (Hasselt)
• Cornet R., 1982, Recueil des dispositions légales et réglementaires régissant les ordres nationaux belges. 2e Ed. N.pl., (Brussels)
• Borné A.C., 1985, Distinctions honorifiques de la Belgique, 1830–1985 (Brussels)

External links

• Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (In French)
• Les Ordres Nationaux Belges (In French)

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• Order of Leopold
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Pre–1914

• Civic Guard Merit Medal
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World War I

• War Cross 1914–18
• Fire Cross 1914–1918
• Yser Cross and Medal
• Volunteer Combatant's Medal 1914–1918
• Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1918 War
• Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1917 African Campaigns
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• Maritime Decoration 1914–1918
• Political Prisoner's Medal 1914–1918
• Deportees' Cross 1914–1918
• 1914–1918 Medal for National Restoration
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• Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914–1918
• Civic Decoration 1914–1918
• Commemorative Medal of the National Committee for Aid and Food

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• Commemorative Medal of the 1940–1945 War
• Foreign Operational Theatres Commemorative Medal

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Commemorative
medals

• Commemorative Decoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Creation of the Railroads
• Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Leopold II
• Commemorative Medal for the 75th Anniversary of the Belgian Postal Service
• Centenary of National Independence Commemorative Medal
• Commemorative Medal for the Centenary of the Telegraphic Service
• Commemorative Medal for the 100th Anniversary of the Belgian Postal Service
• Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Albert I
• Commemorative Medal for the "European March of Memory and Friendship"
• "Four Days of the Yser" Commemorative Medal

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• Order of the Belgian Red Cross
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