Belgian Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940–1945

Belgian Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940–1945 (Médaille de la Résistance 1940–1945 or Medaille van de Weerstand 1940–1945), instituted on 16 February 1946. This decoration was awarded to members of the Belgian armed resistance who fought against Axis occupation during the Second World War. Struck in bronze, the obverse of the medal features the upper body of a young woman facing left in defiance with her right fist clenched. The reverse features the relief inscription in Latin on three lines “1940 RESISTERE 1945” superimposed over a laurel wreath.. The medal is suspended from its original ribbon of black with central red stripes and thin green edges.

Condition
Good, fairly worn