Belgium: Order of Leopold II (Ordre de Leopold II, / Orde van Leopold II). 5th Class 'Knight'. Bi-lingual language obverse legend (1951-)

A silvered & enamel item of insignia of the type issued post 1951, with bi-lingual French & Dutch obverse language legend

Per the pre-1951 Belgian 'Order of Precedence' the Order of Leopold II was the 5th ranked national order in the Belgian order of precedence. The decoration had been established on, 24 August 1900, by Leopold II as king of the Congo Free State and was in 1908, upon Congo being handed over to Belgium, incorporated into the Belgian awards syst

The riband fitted with a two-pronged mounting pin, or 'epingle' as worn in the Belgian style

Condition: About EF

Code: 23376