Belgium: WW2 Commemorative Medal forthe Militia of the Independence Front1940 - 1945.
Unofficial award for the members(Militia) of the \"Independence Front\" -a WW2 Resistance Group.
The Group was founded in 1941 andengaged in Resistance acts against theGermans in the occupied Belgium.In 1944 it was renamed to\"Patriotic Militia\". A very rare WW2 resistance medal.
More than 70.000 Belgiansparticipated in the various groups of Resistance duringthe
German Occupation. Aside fromsabotage of military infrastructure in thecountry and
assassinations of collaborators, thesegroups also published large numbers ofunderground
newspapers, gathered intelligenceand maintained various escape networksthat
helped Allied airmen escape fromGerman occupied Europe.
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