België – Leger/Infanterie – Militaire medaille – Medal Colonel Camille Joset Resistance Hero Belgium WWII – Dolf Ledel – 1954

Engraver : DOLF LEDEL (1893-1976).Dimensions : 69 mm.Weight : 166 g.Metal : bronze .Mark on the Edge: 156 Fonson.Biography:Camille Joset, born December 14, 1879 in Soumagne and died December 30, 1958 in Etterbeek is a hero of the resistance of the first and second world wars.He was appointed High Royal Commissioner at the end of the Great War to work for the reconstruction of the province of Luxembourg. He is editor -in -chief and director of the newspaper L'Avenir du Luxembourg.During the Second World War, he was, in 1939, with his son Camille-Jean Joset, a British intelligence agent1. He is also a member of the National Management Board of the Belgian National Movement, of which he resumed national command after the arrest of Aimé Dandoy on October 23, 1941. He is editor -in -chief of the voice of the Belgians. In turn arrested by the Gestapo, on April 27, 1942, he remained three years prisoner, a period during which he lost the use of his legs2. Following him, Raymond Defonseca takes over the MNB.