Political Prisoner's Cross 1940–1945

The Political Prisoner's Cross 1940–1945 (French: Croix du Prisonnier Politique 1940–1945, Dutch: Politieke Gevangenkruis 1940–1945) was a Belgian war medal established by royal decree of the Regent on 13 November 1947 and awarded to Belgian citizens arrested and interned by the Germans as political prisoners during the Second World War.

Its obverse bore a 2 cm in diameter central medallion surrounded by barbed wire with an inverted red enamelled triangle with a black capital "B" at its center.

The reverse also bore a central medallion, this one though was enamelled in black bearing the years "1940 1945" in silver numerals on two rows.

[1] Many veterans though opted for small individual silver stars directly affixed to the ribbon.

In the case of a posthumous award, a black enamelled bar was worn on the ribbon above the others.

Doctor Ivan Colmant, a recipient of the Political Prisoner's Cross 1940–1945