Most Noble Order of the Garter Pin Awarded to WWII Heroine Constance Harvey

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Most Noble Order of the Garter Pin awarded to diplomat, WWII heroine and Medal of Freedom recipient Constance Ray Harvey. Harvey was only the sixth woman commissioned as a Foreign Service Officer. In her
position in charge of Belgian affairs during WWII, "she helped practically the whole Belgian government in exile to escape from France."
"The life of
Constance Ray Harvey
(1904-1997) sounds at times like something from the movie “Casablanca.” During World War II, after tours in Milan and Bern, she was stationed in Lyon, where she worked with the Belgian and French Resistance movements. She smuggled documents to the U.S. military attaché in Switzerland, General Barnwell R. Legge, who helped arrange the escape of many interned U.S. fliers. In November 1942, Harvey was interned along with other American diplomats when the Nazis took control of Vichy France. After the war she received the Medal of Freedom for her courageous efforts."
More information about this woman's remarkable life can be found online. This item was purchased at Harvey's estate sale following her death in 1997. Please zoom in on photo for condition. Excellent other than small missing area of blue cloisonne material. Pin is intact. Free shipping. Thanks for looking.