Companion to previous Degrelle 'photo, clearly showing RK with Oakleaves, EK2 and Eastern Front Medal ribbons and German Cross in Gold.  Best regards, JR.

Degrelle - right side.

Leon Degrelle, Roman Catholic playboy-journalist turned Belgian (Walloon) "Rexist" Party (Fascist) political leader turned Waffen-SS soldier.  Degrelle ended up as commander (at least nominal) of the SS "Legion Wallonie" (later a nominal division) on the Eastern Front.  Having effected a hair-raising escape to Spain at the end of the war, he lived out a long exile there, operating as a sort of informal Nazi elder statesman.  He often wore his old SS-Standartenfuher uniform, with his medals (as here), for the benefit of visitors in later years.  When asked by one journalist if he had any regrets about what happened in the war, he replied, "Yes - that we lost !".  Best regards, JR.

Leon Degrelle in Spain.

Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born French Resistance and SOE heroine, invested with the NZ Returned and Services' Badge in Gold in the presence of HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, 15 November 2006.  Also in the picture are John Campbell, President of the RNZRSA (second from left), friends, and former SOE colleagues.  With great respect, JR.