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[Laurence Strong]

A Knight of the Order obveres post 1950 with both languages

[Laurence Strong]

The reverse

[Laurence Strong]

The lion on the obverse is a seperate piece

[Hendrik]

Laurence,

Go and take a magnifying glass to have a look at the suspension ring when you have a minute : you might find a "850" or "950" silver mark denoting the cross is silver ... if not, no worries : silvered bronze ones are nice too !

Cheers,

Hendrik

[Paul R]

Laurence,

That is a beautiful Order! What was it awarded for?

Hendrik,

Welcome to the forum!

Regards

Paul

Edited November 26, 2005 by Paul Reck

[Hendrik]

Hello Paul,

Thanks for the words of welcome.

The Order of Leopold I is primarily a long service award. The one Laurence has is of the military division, recognizable by the crossed swords under the crown suspension. The civil division has nothing there, the maritime division sports crossed anchors.

More on this subject and the other Belgian orders etc. can be found on my website at www.medals.be

[Gerd Becker]

Hello Paul,

Thanks for the words of welcome.

The Order of Leopold I is primarily a long service award. The one Laurence has is of the military division, recognizable by the crossed swords under the crown suspension. The civil division has nothing there, the maritime division sports crossed anchors.

More on this subject and the other Belgian orders etc. can be found on my website at www.medals.be

Hendrik, what a fantastic website I guess, you are the same Hendrik? Did you make it yourself?

Again, great work

[Hendrik]

Did you make it yourself?

Many thanks for the kind comments on my site, Gerd I did make it myself ... easy, with Frontpage software

[Christophe]

Hendrik's site is a gold mine. Again, I can only recommand the visit.

Ch.

[Hendrik]

Latest arrival with respect to this order : Commander's neck badge, civil division, bilingual. Belonged to the same chap as the breast star of the Leopold II Order in another thread and was also manufactured in '950' silver by Fisch of Brussels.

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[g_deploige]

Belgian Orders can be Beautifull made

[g_deploige]

Here a beautifull miniature of an grandofficier of the Order of Leopold, Civil Division

if you want to see more beautifull pictures of Belgian Orders look at these of The Royal Army Museum in Brussels Belgion National Orders Of KLM-MRA

Edited March 12, 2006 by g_deploige

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks to everyone who has posted their medals. They are definetly a pleasure to veiw.

[g_deploige]

Grand Cross of the order of Leopold Civilian division, made by P. De Greef

the model is from after 1952 (the legend is in French and Dutch)

[g_deploige]

Breast star of the grand Cross, civilian division, made by P. De Greef

Edited March 31, 2006 by g_deploige

[Hendrik]

Breast star of the grand Cross, civilian division, made by P. De Greef

Hello Guy,

Gorgeous Grand Cross set ... any pictures available of a military division set ? Anyone ? And, dare I ask, of a maritime division set ?

Cheers,

Hendrik

[Jacky]

A Simple Officer Leopold I

Bi-lingual with swords, UGLY swords

with Box

[Jacky]

Reverse of the medal above....

[g_deploige]

Sorry, but normally there can not be swords on the civilian division, it has to be a Military divission (swords bestween the cross an the crown) , but it happens more , so the palm is only for the military division and the golden stripe(s) ans stars on the ribbon are only for the civilian division

[Jef]

[attachmentid=41696]Hello Gents,

Only to give an idea how such a medal is made. Of course there are more steps, but I'm afraid I only have three items.

Jef

[Jef]

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another step

[Jacky]

Wonderfull Jeff,

let's make our own orders of Leopold

But one should be able to enamel them, otherwise we obtain quite blunt medals.....

[Jef]

Wonderfull Jeff,

let's make our own orders of Leopold

But one should be able to enamel them, otherwise we obtain quite blunt medals.....

OK, Jacky, let's have enamel it . Jef

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[Jacky]

Grrrrreat.

let's hope you won't try to sell them on!!

But that would be an other thread

[Jef]

Grrrrreat.

let's hope you won't try to sell them on!!

But that would be an other thread

Don't worry, Jacky. They are framed as didactic items, and that's attractive too.

Jef