A Belgian infantry colonel belongings

stuka f

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I recently managed to get some stuff of a former colonel of the Belgian army.
He started his carrier as a war volunteer in WWI, along with his brother.
He came from Brussels and didn't speak Flemish at that time.
He's belongings were find here in Antwerp but greatest part of the history got lost...as I didn't get it first hand...
However I did found lots of his personal archive and found very interesting, funny and curious episodes of his life.
A Spanish- Belgian friendship medal with Franquist arms crest still need to be clarified, especially when you know that he rented a house to the Belgian communist party after the second WW....
There is plenty more to come after this first post.
I even found his war journal and his story how he got in the UK to join the allied forces after being captured in may 1940.






 
Thank you all!
Sadly no uniforms in the lot...
But the box with personal doc's holds some great stuff.
Like I said, he didn't spoke Flemish at the time of the war.
Problem was that greatest part of the army soldiers where Flemish and didn't spoke French...
In his journal there is a small part that treats of the troubles that occurred due to that language problem within the Belgian army.
He admits to have failed for the Flemish exam and even makes a joke about it...
He also mentioned the arrest of soldiers (and a priest)who protested because of this particularly problem.
"here our blood, when our rights" was the most common slogan.






 
A very, very nice addition to your collection Kris,

Congratulations, :bravo:

Greetings, Coert.
 
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