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The Belgian Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914–1918 was a 36 mm in diameter circular gilt bronze medal. Its obverse bore a winged victory standing on a globe, her arms and wings spread out, looking down at Earth.
The Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1918 War (French: Médaille Commémorative de la Guerre 1914–1918, Dutch: Oorlogsherinnerinsmedaille 1914–1918) was a Belgian commemorative war medal established by royal decree on 21 July 1919 and awarded to all members of the Belgian Armed Forces who served during the First World War that were eligible for the inter-allied victory medal.
Croix De Guerre, Belgium; HET OORLOGSKRUIS '14–'18 (Dutch) Les Décorations belges officielles de la première guerre mondiale (French) Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (In French) Les Ordres Nationaux Belges (In French) ARS MORIENDI Notables from Belgian history Archived 2011-09-06 at the Wayback Machine (In French and Dutch)
It was fought on 18 November 1803 between the enslaved Haitian army and Napoleon's French expeditionary forces, who were committed to regaining control of the island. Vertières is situated just south of Cap-Haïtien (known then as Cap-Français), in the Département du Nord , Haiti.
France, Germany, and the United States were the major actors; the latter occupied the country in 1915. During the occupation, the United States made an unsuccessful attempt to modernize Haiti's armed forces. The United States Marines disbanded Haiti's army, which consisted of an estimated 9,000 men, including 308 generals.
They were based in Le Havre in northern France after October 1914. The first government, known as the First de Broqueville government , was a Catholic government which was elected in 1911 and continued until 1916, when it was joined by Socialists and Liberals expanding it into the Second de Broqueville government , which lasted until 1 June 1918.
The Belgian army's first airship, Belgique. Local Garde Civique units fought at the Battle of Liège and many other engagements during the initial German invasion in 1914. [17] During the early stages of the war, as many as 1,000 civilians were volunteering for the force every day. [18]
The General Direction of the Budget (and the Ministry of Economy and Finances) released the budget report in the official newspaper of the Republic of Haiti, Le Moniteur; It reported the total budget of the Armed Forces of Haiti at HTG 6.976 billion [31] (USD $52.9 million), a significant increase from HTG 1.272 billion (US$9.6 million) in the ...