Belgium, Kingdom. An Order of the Belgian Red Cross, II Class Hold CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL WITH

CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL WITH BAR

as the Allied forces finished off the last of the German resistance

the surviving Australian POWs waited another four weeks to be rescued by the Royal Australian Navy corvettes

by maker Aurich (marked on reverse)

but some of it well preserved on the reverse

Belgium, Kingdom. An Order of the Belgian Red Cross, II Class Hold CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL WITH(Ordre de la Croix Rouge Belge Orde van het Belgische Rode Kruis). Instituted in 1880. Five piece construction, in silvered bronze with red and white enamels, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 65. 3 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally pierced ball suspension, light contact and residue evident on the red enamelled arms on both sides of the arm at 9 o'clock, light contact and silvering wear evident on the oval reverse centrepiece, original ribbon,