Ministère des Travaux publics et de la Reconstruction, Administration Dommages de Guerre / Ministerie van Transport en Infrastructuur, Dienst Oorlogsschade

On 15 August 1917, the Ministry of Justice created the War Damage Service. This department had to group, compile and examine bundles of war damage complaints according to the compensation to which the victims were entitled. It also prepared the legislation concerning the assessment, estimation and repair of the destruction.