Belgium, Kingdom. An Order of Leopold II, Grand Officer Star, By J.Fonson, c.1910 certificate_of_authenticity superb workmanship

superb workmanship

Scholander led an unauthorized rescue mission after learning that an airplane had crashed on the peninsula

It was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion in England and disbanded on September 15

17TH LANCERS with SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902 clasps

reverse bears the central maker’s cartouche

Belgium, Kingdom. An Order of Leopold II, Grand Officer Star, By J.Fonson, c.1910 certificate_of_authenticity superb workmanship(Ordre de Lopold II.). Instituted August 24th, 1900. (c. 1910 issue). A five armed Maltese Cross with multi faceted surfaces and dual ball finials, along with five gilded rays emanating from the center of the star, the obverse of the cross with a gilded Maltese Cross with ball finials and palm branches between the arms of the cross, bearing a central black medallion with a Crowned Belgian rampant lion facing left, surrounded by a blue ring of enamels