Belgium, Kingdom. A Leopold Order, III. Class Knight, c. 1880 Newly Listed on a period original civil

on a period original civil ribbon

soiling and material fatigue of the sweatband and interior liner

Despite the low quality of many of the troops manning them

VIII Class Special Ribbon

Belgium, Kingdom. A Leopold Order, III. Class Knight, c. 1880 Newly Listed on a period original civil(Orde de Lopold). Instituted August 3rd, 1832. Constructed of 18kt Gold, silver, and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms and ball finials, along with an oak and laurel wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central circular medallion constructed of 18kt Yellow Gold with a black field bearing a Gold rampant lion, surrounded by a red ring of enamels inscribed LUnion Fait La