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    Posted

    Here is my today's arrival...

    Order of Leopold II, knight (Ordre de Léopold II, chevalier)

    Is it correct that this order is from pre 1951 period? Is it possible to narrow down the period even more?

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    Posted

    Hi Timo,

    There are a couple of old threads on these that might be worth checking out. Here's one: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=35247&st=0

    In a nutshell, the French only centers are for pieces prior to 1951/2 when the bilingual centers came into being. However, I believe you can still get these made to order today with either type center if desired. By the looks of this piece you show, I would guess it was made prior to the '50's but cannot really say more definate than that.

    I would further add a guess, that by the absence of any sword device or palm, this is probably a civilian long service award and not related to military service in any way.

    Tim

    • 1 month later...
    Posted

    Here is my today's arrival...

    Order of Leopold II, knight (Ordre de Léopold II, chevalier)

    Is it correct that this order is from pre 1951 period? Is it possible to narrow down the period even more?

    168311412f2033_o.jpg

    1683115748c3ec_o.jpg

    Hello,

    This is most likely made by Fisch and such style was used from mid 1920's into 1950's. Base on my experience - most likely late 1930's.

    Hope this helps.

    • 2 weeks later...
    Posted

    Yes, I would agree this style is a product of Fisch.

    Tim :cheers:

    Nice example Tim,

    Getting hard to find with the original Silver palm.

    • 2 weeks later...
    Posted

    Nice example Tim,

    Getting hard to find with the original Silver palm.

    Hi farmer,

    Yes, I need to sit down and take some better PIC's of this one as it's a bit different from my other Leopold II's. The palm is quite nice and lighter in construction than others I have.

    Tim

    Posted

    Tim,

    I was just looking through some of my palms and found few that are seemingly identical on 4 of my L1's (and couple more on the L2's). Quality is very good on those.

    Posted

    Hi farmer,

    Yes, I had started a separate thread in this section sometime back, as there appears to be several variety of palms out there.

    Tim

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