Epen-Wanner, van, Christine Antonia

Date of birth:: August 5th, 1912 (Wildon, Austria)
Date of death:: September 5th, 2004 (Hilversum, the Netherlands)
Nationality:: Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Verzetsherdenkingskruis (VHK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Kruis van Verdienste (KV)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: December 21st, 1949

Recommendation:
For having distinguished herself in connection with enemy actions by courageous and tactful conduct, thereby having served the interests of the Kingdom after first having helped Allied pilots to escape; early 1944 having joined an important intelligence group in the millitary sphere and in that capacity having performed duties as a courier in eastern Noord-Brabant; having made her home available as a communication center for all courier services in Limburg and southeastern Noord-Brabant and having maintained the lines of communication under trying circumstances until the liberation of Noord-Brabant.

Royal Decree number 21

Sources

- HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.