RARE \"Belgian Contingent\" Albert Crahay Hand Written Letter For Sale

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RARE \"Belgian Contingent\" Albert Crahay Hand Written Letter:
$349.99

Up for sale a RARE!  "Belgian Contingent Commander" Albert Crahay Hand Written Letter. 

as the commander of the Belgian contingent in

the Korean War and of the Belgian army of occupation in Germany.

Born in Ixelles, Brussels in 1903, Crahay entered

the École Militaire as

an artillery cadet in 1921. Graduating in 1923, he subsequently studied at the

École d'Application and the École de Guerre where he gained a brevet d'état-major. He

became a staff officer in 1936

and was still serving on the General Staff during the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. Crahay was held

as a prisoner

of war in Nazi Germany for the duration of World War II. Returning to Belgium in 1945, Crahay took a

teaching post in the military academy. In 1950, at the outbreak of the Korean War, he volunteered to serve in the first Belgian contingent and

was given command of the unit. He played an important role during the Battle of the Imjin River in

1951, before handing over command at the end of the year. After Korea, Crahay

returned to teaching at the military academy in Belgium. In 1958, he was given

command of the 16th Armoured Division, a Belgian unit in West Germany, and, in 1960, was chosen to take overall command

of the Belgian Forces in Germany.

He retired in 1964 as a Lieutenant-General. In retirement, Crahay chaired

the comité interministériel de l’eau between 1969 and 1983. He

wrote several memoires and books on Belgian military history and was made

a baron in 1983.

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