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Dear Rick

I'am not agree with you, when I'am citating these two works

"The Germans at Louvain" by Herv? de Grubben, pr?face by Mgr. Simon Deploige, Hodder & Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto, 1916.

"La voix des Neutres" by Simon Deploige, President de l'Institut Sup?rieur de Philisophie Louvain.;<librairie Plon, Paris; 1918.

Simon Deploige was present In Louvain In 1914and Herv? de Grubben was one of his Studens at the University, Simon Deploige was one of the members Nobel men of Louvain when the town consil has left the town.

You have to read "La voix des neutres, Espagne et Belgique"

Simon Left Belgium with de Grubben at the end of 1914 and whented to Rome by order of the Belgian gouvernement to take over the work of the Belgian Ambasador by the Pope untill the half of 1915, He has olso been the precident of the rebulding of the University Library of Louvain.

There works where not propaganda but the reality they lived those days.

You have to read those manifests.

Guy

Dear Eduardo

This books are out off use, The beste you can do is to look some times on the website of Used books, theats where I fond some of them.

http://used.addall.com/

My best regards

Guy

Some intresting publications of that time are :

"The Germans at Louvain" by Herv? de Grubben, pr?face by Mgr. Simon Deploige, Hodder & Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto, 1916.

"La voix des Neutres" by Simon Deploige, President de l'Institut Sup?rieur de Philisophie Louvain.;<librairie Plon, Paris; 1918.

By the way, Simon Deploige was borned in Tongeren, His brother Florent lived in that town, The German autorities gived him the order to Leave his house the 15th of december 1917 (Source : Tongeren onder de Duitsche bezetting Jaren 1916-1917, by E.H. ridder P. de Corswarem), so the could instal theire commandatour, the did the same in May 1940 with is widow.

Simon Deploige : Simon Deploige

Florent Deploige : Florent Deploige

Guy

Here some pictures of the opening of the exhibition

In the presence of Mr. Pieter De Crem (Minister of Defence) and Mr. Karel De Gucht (Minister of Foreign Affairs), numerous guests attend the inauguration of the new temporary exhibition about the 175th anniversary of the Order of Leopold and Belgian national orders.

http://klm2.web.shphosting.com/klm2_cdml/f...n.1=3&-find

Guy

Hello

see her some more information on the exhibition an his book publiched for this occasion

Information about the exhibition

Information about the book

Guy

For the medal of Saint-H?l?ne see

http://www.stehelene.org/

Good research

Guy

Dear Ed

The selection of peaces is greath, there will olso be material of the manufacturies

see olse the Museum Newsletter (it is only in Dutch and French) sorry

http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/vizier_cibles/36/cibles36.pdf

Hope to see you on the exhibition in the next months

Guy

see olso The website of the Royal Army Museum Brussels

Dear Saschaw,

the centers are OK, at the end of the periode Pr?cidence 1851-1852 the L?gions d'honneurs had the same form as the end of the first Empire (4the model), the only difference is the ribbon below where the leaves are knot together, In the first Empire there was no ribbon pulling down. The crow of your Ldh is a Second Empire (with eagles)

Guy

And Roeland

The book is in Frenc AND IN DUTCH

Guy

Here some pictures of the presentation of the book

website of Defence Belgium

www.mil.be

and on the website of the Royal Army Museum Brussels www.klm-mra.be

The new book

The honorary distinctions of the BROUWET COLLECTION at the Royal Military Museum in Brussels

is avaible from today

more information on

http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/engels/boeke...t_en/index.html

Their will be soon an exhebition about this order in Vienna, Austria

"250 Jahre Milit?r-Maria Theresien-Orden"

21. Juni bis September 2007

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

see : http://www.ordenskunde.at/ausstellung6.html

Guy

Here my contribution, I was olso there with Hendrik last saterday

Hello

and here a grandgross breaststar in the Royal Army Museum

http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/nederlands/c..._I/leopold.html

and a breaststar of a commandercross (from 1832 until 1838) sold last year in Li?ge

For the Belgian one see

http://users.skynet.be/belgianordersandmed...LIJK%20HUIS.htm

nice reading

Guy

Dear Dan

for posible marks of manufactures look at the follow places on your star, here you can find marks on the LdH

Dear Megan

the types of the ordre du M?rite Agrecole depends of the periode and the manufacture who made them.

The most beautifull ones are the old ones

Guy

Here's the original London manufactured one :

And here an other original London Manufactured one (second type)

Dear Megan

Here a beautifull commanders cross of the M?rite Agrecole (First model withe the date 1900)

FRENCH ARCHIVES !!!

Dear Igor

You can take contact with

http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.g...ture/salles.htm

good Luck

Guy

King BAUDOUIN of Belgium 1930-1993

1. D?cor? de la Classe Sp?ciale de la Grand Croix de l'Ordre du M?rite de la R?publique F?d?rale d'Allemagne,

2. Collier du Roi Abdul Aziz de Arabie Saoudite, Collier de l'Ordre du Lib?rateur d'Argentine,

3. Grand ?toile de la D?coration d'Honneur pour Services rendus ? la R?publique d'Autriche,

4. D?cor? de l'Ordre du M?rite de Bavi?re,

5. Grand Croix de l'Ordre National de la Croix du Sud de Br?sil,

6. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Karyenda de Burundi,

7. Grand Croix de l'Ordre Royal du Cambodge,

8. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de la Valeur du Cameroun,

9. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du M?rite Centralafricain,

10. Collier de l'Ordre du M?rite du Chile,

11. Grand Croix Extraordinaire de l'Ordre de Boyaca de Colombie,

12. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Croissant Vert des Comores,

13. Grand Croix de l'Ibiscus de Cor?e,

14. Grand Croix de l'Ordre National de la C?te-d'Ivoire,

15. Chevalier de l'Ordre de l'?lephant de Danemark,

16. Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or,

17. Grand Collier de l'Ordre de Charles III

18.Grand Collier de l'Ordre Royal d'Isabelle la Catholique d'Espagne,

19. Collier de l'Ordre du Sceau de Salomon d'?thiopie,

20. Collier de l'Ordre de la Rose Blanche de Finlande,

21. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de la L?gion d'Honneur de France,

22. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de l'?toile Equatoriale de Gabon,

23. Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Jarreti?re de Grande-Bretagne,

24. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Sauveur de Gr?ce,

25. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de la R?publique de Haute-Volta,

26. D?cor? de l'Ordre Adipurna de la R?publique d'Indon?sie,

27. Collier de l'Ordre de Pahlavi d'Iran,

28. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Faucon d'Islande,

29. Grand Croix de l'Ordre "Al Merito della Republica Italiana",

30. Collier de l'Ordre Supr?me du Chrysanth?me de Japon,

31. Grand Croix Extraordinaire de l'Ordre du M?rite Libanais,

32. Grand Croix du "Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia",

33. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Lion d'Or de la Maison de Nassau de Luxembourg,

34. Bailli Grand Croix d'Honneur et de D?votion de l'Ordre Souverain et Militaire de Malte,

35. Grand Collier de l'Ordre El Ouissam El Mohammadi

36. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de Ouissam El Arch de Maroc,

37. Collier de l'Ordre de l'Aigle Azt?que de Mexique,

38. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de Saint-Charles de Monaco,

39. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Lion N?erlandais,

40. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de Ruben Dario du Nicaragua,

41. Grand Croix de l'Ordre National du Niger,

42. Collier de l'Ordre de Saint-Olaf de Norv?ge,

43. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Soleil avec Brilliants de P?rou,

44. Grand Collier de l'Ordre du M?rite de Pologne,

45. Grand Collier de l'Ordre de l'Infante Dom Henrique

46. Grand Croix des Trois Ordres Militaires du Portugal,

47. Premi?re Classe de l'Ordre de la R?publique Socialiste de Roumanie,

48. Grand Croix de l'Ordre National du Rwanda,

49. Grand Croix de l'Ordre ?questre de Saint-Marin,

50. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de l'Ind?pendance Tunisienne,

51. Collier de l'Ordre ?questre du Saint-S?pulcre de J?rusalem

52. Collier de l'Ordre Supr?me du Christ du Saint-Si?ge,

53. Collier de l'Ordre de la Tr?s Sainte Annonciade de la Maison de Savoie,

54. Grand Croix de l'Ordre National du S?n?gal,

55. M?daille d'Honneur de la R?publique D?mocratique du Soudan,

56. Collier de l'Ordre des S?raphins de Su?de,

57 Collier de l'Ordre "The Auspicious Order of Rajamitrabhorn"

58. Grand Croix de l'Ordre de la Maison Royale du Chakri de Tha?lande,

59. Collier de l'Ordre du Lib?ratuer de Venezuela,

60. D?cor? de l'Ordre de la Grande ?toile Yougoslave,

61. Grand Croix de l'Ordre du L?opard du Za?re,

62. Grandmaster order of Leopold

63. Grandmaster order of the Star of Africa

Hello

I think it is the former Emperor of Central Africa Jean-Bedel Bokassa

Dear Bill

look at this topic

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4931...r+of+liberation

The Next insigna has been sold ont the auction by K?nker ( http://www.kuenker.de ) Germany 25 june 2005, Auction 25, Lots N? 7961 for 1500 euro

The Insignia is in Silver gilt in the book "The Insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati" by Minnor Myers, Jr. Page 78, n? 40, the same insigna is discripted as made by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, Modern, Height 51 mm, Width 31 mm