Belgium, Kingdom. A Leopold Order, III. Class Knight, c. 1880 GTRexclude An extremely fine quality manufacture

An extremely fine quality manufacture circa 1900

chipping and loss evident in the white enamels in multiple locations on the arms on both sides

Type II - Bronze gilt and enamels

maker marked "GRANERO PIEVE TESINO TRENTO" on the reverse

Belgium, Kingdom. A Leopold Order, III. Class Knight, c. 1880 GTRexclude An extremely fine quality manufacture(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