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Ricardo What a beautifull piece Go on

for the end

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Here a knight cross military division. I only saw a few of this kind of cross made as some L?gion d'honneurs with the leaves worked out.

This medal is created 7/4/1919 given for merit to belgian and non-belgian who during the war did humanitary work to help the poor belgians. When the ribon has only one belgian flag in his ribbon than it is given for charity work When the ribbon has 2 balgian flags (like this one) it has been given for logistiek work to occupied belgium the 31/12/1930 the same medal with a bleu ribbon with a horisontal belgian flag is created for the political prisonner 1914-1918 See picture

Thanks for the compliments

Nice story Hendrik

Dear Jef There are no marks in them, even in the first crosses made in 1832 some time you find the monogram with I in the middle, what is sure is that those with a II are made by Heremans, periode of Leopold II, at the periode of King Albert I we find some time back a I in the Monogram.

For more beautifull pictures of old Orders of Leopold look at the website of the Royal Army Museum in Brussels CLICK HERE

and here a commander cross made By Heremans Brussels

ande here an other one Look at the "II" in the middle of the Royal monogram (made by Heremans Brussels, periode of King Leopold II)

See here a beautifull Officers cross, from the time that orders where made by juwellers Look at the "I" in the middle of the Royal monogram

1) Crown in gilded silver 6mm large = volonteurs of War 2) Silver ba 2mm high = chevron de front (front bar) 3) Gilded silver bar 2mm high = 5 chevrons de front (front bar) 4) Red Cross of 5mm hight and 1 mm large = Chevron de besseure (wonded bar) 5) Silver star of 3mm diameter = reformd for service after been wonded or siknes got on the front.6) 6) A.R. 3/2/1920 Silver crown 6 mm large hight = intilligence service who got a national order 7) A.R. 17/3/1920 Silver bar whit balck email 4 mm hight = to put on the decorations for the mothers of the dead soldiers, who so could whaer the decorations of ther sons who died for their country. 8) A.R. 21/2/1921 Bronse ancor 10 mm hight = for the civilian Navy 9) A.R. 2/2/1931 Gilded silver bar 1916 white cross in email whit the letter R 1917 - 5 mm hight = given tot the belgian expeditionary corps in Russia (Auto canons) See olso this webpage 10) A.R. 31/3/1933 silver lion of 6 mm = intilligence service 11) A.R. 3/11/1950 Gilded silver bar 1916 whit the letter R 1918 - 6 mm hight 38 mm large = for the belgian expeditionary corps in Russia (Auto canons) in place of the barette 1916 R 1917 12) A.R. 3/11/1950 Two crossed ancors in brons 6mm large = Military Navy 13) A.R. 24/6/1952 bar 2 mm hight black = for each 6 mons of captivity as prissoner of War

I agree with Hendrik When you take the discriptions of Quinot and Born? they say "la t?te d'un militaire casqu?, de profil ? gauche, avec haut col et partie d'epaulette. Le casque porte une guirlande de feuilles de laurier." If we want be sure, we have to look the publication in the "Moniteur Belge" from 21-23/9/1919

The best you can do is to use a database, you can make it your self see www.filemaker.com whith this database programme you can make containerfields where you can store images, and files like PDF. It is a very strong tool, it is even crossplatform and can be used on a Mac computer (Apple) or a PC. Some museums are working with this tool to manage their collections see The succes story sorry that it is in dutch, but the Royal Army Museum is ussing this tool for different databases.

some details of the Ordre du M?rite combattant

I would like to see some pictures of the different Ministrial Orders who are no longer in Use, those who wher dissolved on 3 decembre 1963 when the Ordre National du M?rite has been created by de Gaulle (the Blue one) those orders are : - Ordre du M?rite Social ( 1936 ) - Ordre de la Sant? Publique ( 1938 ) - Ordre du M?rite Commercial et Industriel ( 1939 ) - Ordre du M?rite Artisanal ( 1948 ) - Ordre du M?rite Touristique ( 1949 ) - Ordre du M?rite Combattant ( 1953 ) - Ordre du M?rite Postal ( 1953 ) - Ordre de l'?conomie Nationale ( 1954 ) - Ordre du M?rite Sportif ( 1956 ) - Ordre du M?rite du Travail ( 1957 ) - Ordre du M?rite Militaire ( 1957 ) - Ordre du M?rite Civil ( 1957 ) - Ordre du M?rite Saharien ( 1958 ) see here a knight cross of the Ordre du M?rit Combattant the disgn of this order is from The House Arthus bertrand, see Here This order has been created in 3 classes, Knigth, officer and commander

See on the next link of the website of the Royal Armuy Museum in Brussels all grades of the Royal Order of the Lion. Click here and for more information see the database of the museum

this is the blue monster, isn't id Ed The Ordre National du M?rite

There are 3 grades Knight, officer and commander. It is rewarded for merits in agriculture in france.

and a miniature from a knight cross

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here an officers cross

the back side

Here a knigt Cross, I like to see more of this order, if some one has beautifulle pictures. This order was created in 1883