Belgium, Kingdom. An Order Of Leopold, Officer With Swords, C.1918 Archive the blade with faint traces

the blade with faint traces of surface wear

the obverse with the motto “Wenn die Väter dei Schwerter Zerschlagen Schmieden die Söhne neue” (When the fathers shatter swords

Footnote: The Order of Agricultural Merit was instituted on July 7

number engraved "11402" on the reverse

Belgium, Kingdom. An Order Of Leopold, Officer With Swords, C.1918 Archive the blade with faint traces(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