The Medal for the Military Fighter of the war 1940 - 45
De Medaille van de Militaire Strijder van de Oorlog 1940-1945

     Instituted  in December 1967 for award to enlisted active service military personnel for WW2 - after the need to create their own distinctive decoration was recognised. (Most of the other Belgian  medals for WW2 could be awarded to civilians and resistance fighters as well as the military) The medal could be conferred on Belgians or foreigners that served with the exiled military forces in England.

Description: A bronze 37mm wide Greek cross with a raised rim, the junction of the arms in filled with the sector of a circle. Obverse depicts an upward pointing roman sword on the vertical arms, with the dates 1940 - 1945 on the horizontal arms. Reverse depicts the Belgian lion, rampant.
     There are a few  slightly different versions of this medal corresponding to the different manufacturers.

Ribbon: a wide central yellow stripe, flanked by the Belgian tricolour, with green outer edges.