Belgium, Kingdom. An Order Of Leopold, Officer With Swords, C.1918 Archive and 3rd Class (bronze

and 3rd Class (bronze

and quickly commenced work as an artillery co-operation unit over the Somme

who was born on 12 February 1844 and who died on 10 December 1908

but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Gebrüder Wegerhoff manufacture

MC without ribbon

Belgium, Kingdom. An Order Of Leopold, Officer With Swords, C.1918 Archive and 3rd Class (bronze(Leopoldsorde). Instituted on July 11, 1832. Type II. Military Division. A ball tipped enameled white Maltese Cross with gilded edges in silver gilt, featuring tied enameled green wreath of laurel and oak branches, with two surmounted swords, denoting military issue, beneath of period royal Belgium crown suspension, both in silver gilt, obverse centre with a superposed crowned Belgium lion on an enameled black background, encircled on an enameled red