Belgium, Kingdom. An Order of Leopold II, Commander to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, United States Army, c. 1930 Auction Archive 1945 at Ottawa)

1945 at Ottawa)

The dagger complete in a pommel in the form of a nickel-silver sunwheel-style mobile swastika

containing 784 pages

the lining at the neck is stamped with the sizing numbers 41 106 61 66 104

second badge in blackened and gilt copper

Belgium, Kingdom. An Order of Leopold II, Commander to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, United States Army, c. 1930 Auction Archive 1945 at Ottawa)(Dutch: Orde van Leopold II, French: Ordre de Lopold II). Instituted in 1900 by King Leopold II. In silver gilt, a Maltese cross with ball finials, and wreath segments between the arms, obverse medallion with a rampant lion on a black enamel field, surrounded by a blue ring inscribed LUNION FAIT LA FORCE, the reverse medallion featuring the cypher of King Leopold, the cross is surmounted by a crown and worn on a segment of original neck ribbon in blue