- Time Period: Second World War
- Institution: 16 April 1985
- Country: Belgium
The Medal for Resistance against Nazism in the Annexed Territories (Médaille du Résistant contre le Nazisme dans les Territoires Annexées / Medaille voor Weerstand tegen het Nazisme in de Geannexeerde Gebieden) was established very late, on April 16, 1985.
It was intended for the inhabitants of the German region in Belgium (annexed after the 1st World War) who had actively resisted Nazism during the Second World War: political prisoners, prisoners of war, members of the resistance, saboteurs, and members of the underground press, those who, between May 10, 1940 and January 1, 1943, had – for patriotic reasons – left the region or been expelled from it, those who had forced to enter service with the German army or the labor force in Germany and who had deserted their post before June 6, 1944, etc.
The Medal for Resistance against Nazism in the Annexed Territories Design
The medal is circular and struck in bronze. The obverse bears the inscription “BELGICAE FIDELITAS” and the reverse “1940-1945”.
There are three different ribbons to indicate the category to which the decorated person belonged: to the deserters of the German service the medal with the blue ribbon with yellow bands, with those which had left the region or were expelled with the ribbon with red bands, with the others that with the ribbon white stripes was awarded.
