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 until his death

until his death

Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War and was mustered out as a Private on July 12

Accompanied by his Identification Tags (one is octagonal

58 mm x 62

in Grenadier Regiment 532

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 until his death(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,