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Description: Civilian Bravery Awards during the Second World War Twenty-five year old Belgian woman Mlle Andree de Jongh, who saved the lives of many British airmen and soldiers, pictured after visiting Buckingham Palace to receive the George Medal in February 1946. From 1941 until her arrest in 1943 she organised the dispatch of Allied Service personnel from Belgium across the Pyrenees into Spain.
Title: Civilian Bravery Awards during the Second World War HU55451
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//298/media-298282/large.jpg This photograph HU 55451 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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