as well as the top and bottom edge of the cap band cloth are in black “schwarz” Waffenfarbe wool
He soon proceeded to the United Kingdom on "Special Duty" in late July
within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “Albertus Animosus” (Albert the Valianti) in capital letters with arabesques
Naming is impressed and crudely re-engraved on the KM
Released from internment in 1948
Belgium, Kingdom. Three Awards to Fernand-Joseph Gillain Hallaux Newly Listed as well as the top1. An Order of Leopold II, Knights Cross with Silver Palm. A Maltese cross, each of the arms finished with two ball finials, superimposed on a laurel wreath, blue enameled center shows a crowned lion ringed by the motto Lunion fait la force, reverse center shows the monogram of Leopold II, inclusive of crown suspension 64. 5 mm (h) x 39 mm (w), on original ribbon with silver palm, very fine condition. Footnote: The Order of Leopold I was established