Commander of the 10th Infantry Division, 1938–1939. Commander of the War College, 1935–1938. Commander of the Province of Brabant, 1934–1935. Commander of the Province of East Flanders, 1933–1934. Commander of the 1st Grenadier Regiment, 1932–1933. Chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Defence, 1928–1932. Head of the General Intelligence and Military Security Service, 1927–1928.
General De Grox received many high-ranking Belgian and foreign honours. This is what I was able to find. Most of them can also be seen in the photo above.
A set of medals belonging to General De Grox, with, bottom right, the Officer’s Cross of the Legion of Honour (France, 1929) and the French War Cross with Palms (1918).Commander of the Order of Leopold, 1934.Order of the Star of Afghanistan, 1928.Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of Spain, 1930. A rare variant given the short period during which it was awarded, from the fall of the monarchy to the Franco era.Commander of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Lithuania, 1930. A total of 212 commanders were awarded from 1918-1940, 60 to foreigners.Grand Officer of the Order of the Sun of Peru, 1938.Portrait as commander of the Grenadiers. Collection of Grenadiers’ commanders, Prince Albert Club, Brussels.Generals' kepi, Model 1928, and gala epaulettes with the monogram of King Albert I.
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