Belgium, Kingdom. A Royal Order Of The Lion, V Class Knight consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pinned onto the left side

Pinned onto the left side of the crown is a gilded bronze insignia consisting of crossed swords

58 mm x 62

designed with rounded corners)

He also launched Germany on a bellicose ""New Course"" in foreign affairs that culminated in his support for Austria-Hungary in the crisis of July 1914 that led in a matter of days to the First World War

Belgium, Kingdom. A Royal Order Of The Lion, V Class Knight consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pinned onto the left side(Ordre royal du Lion De Koninklijke Orde van de Leeuw). Instituted in 1891. Type I (1891 1951). In silver with blue, white and red enamels, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 68. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, without ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Royal Order of the Lion was instituted on April 9, 1891 (as a Congo Free State order, incorporated into the Belgian system in 1908), and was discontinued on July 1, 1962,