Watch List notes:

World Medals, Belgium, African exploration and World War I, Lt. General Baron Jacques de Dixmude (1858–1928), portrait plaquette (artist's proof), 1921, by Eugène Jean de Bremaecker, commemorating his achievements in the Congo-Arab War, 1892 and the Great War, uniformed bust left, rev. coat of arms with supporters, edge stamped ÉPREUVE D'AUTEUR, 69.5 x 47.5mm., extremely fine
Ex Baldwin's vault
Jacques carried out the reconnaissance for the route of the Bas-Congo railway; the Congo-Arab war was fought against African slave traders. His armorial shield contains the letter Y for Yser whilst his title Dixmude relates again to the Great War.