Talk:Edgar Sengier

Medal of Merit
As the author of fr:Edgar Sengier, I am happy to see for once a french article translated into english :-) But this is not the reason for this message. In the french article, I have included the information about Sengier being the first non american receiving the Medal of Merit because I think I had found 2 sources about it (although maybe one of them copied the other) and although I did not find anything about this medal on any site. I see that the information has been translated here, and that US Medal of Merit is a red link. I think it is about time that somebody, maybe with better capacities than me, tries to sort this out: is there (or was there) such a thing as the Medal of Merit and did Sengier receive it? Alex lbh 18:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I admit I looked into this earlier - I was the one who requested this translation at WP:TIE - and I was perplexed. The Medal for Merit seems to exist (also note that it is mentioned in President's Certificate of Merit), however, and there are, as you say, several sources claiming that Edgar Sengier did recieve it. &mdash; Itai (talk) 02:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Right !! I found the executive order establishing the Medal for Merit. I could not fin more information there, except a reference to a 130.3.6 file about Records of the Medal for Merit Boards (Textual Records: Case files of approved awards for the Medal for Merit, 1942-48; and the Certificate of Merit, 1946-48, and of awards withdrawn or refused, 1945-48. Name index to persons given awards, 1942-48. Correspondence and related records concerning the awards and the boards, 1942-48.). Anyway, It appears you are right : it is Medal for Merit. And as it was created in 1945, it is not that extraordinary that Sengier was the first non-american to receive it (although it is remarkable) Alex lbh 14:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've created an article on this medal. &mdash; Itai (talk) 21:40, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

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This article is basically a hagiography and omits or avoids the less savory aspects of Sengier's life. He did in fact sell 1.4 million pounds of Congolese uranium to the Nazis. Furthermore the US did send an expert mining team but the work was done in atrocious conditions by the Congolese themselves who were often brutalized by their Belgian colonizers. https://www.wired.com/story/the-dark-history-oppenheimer-didnt-show/?bxid=5be9d5a22ddf9c72dc1f470c&cndid=50626189&esrc=desktopInterstitial&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_082123&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_082123&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P4

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The article is a hagiography... This article is basically a hagiography and omits or avoids the less savory aspects of Sengier's life. He did in fact sell 1.4 million pounds of Congolese uranium to the Nazis. Furthermore the US did send an expert mining team but the work was done in atrocious conditions by the Congolese themselves who were often brutalized by their Belgian colonizers. https://www.wired.com/story/the-dark-history-oppenheimer-didnt-show/?bxid=5be9d5a22ddf9c72dc1f470c&cndid=50626189&esrc=desktopInterstitial&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_082123&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_082123&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P4 Skeptoid88 (talk) 10:11, 24 August 2023 (UTC)