29 April 2003
Hans Besançon, chairman of the C.N.O foundation. 1940-1945 and responsible for all the research for the expeditions, received on 29 April 2003, from the mayor of Velsen, the award “Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau”.
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Hans Besançon, chairman of the C.N.O foundation. 1940-1945 and responsible for all the research for the expeditions, received on 29 April 2003, from the mayor of Velsen, the award “Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau”.