A Belgian Civil Decoration; Gold Grade Cross 1St Class Consignment: 17 GTRexclude 7th Battalion

7th Battalion

not least at the crossing of the Garigliano - better known to those of the Seaforth who survived that occasion as the "River of Death":Military Cross

especially after the invasion of the Peloponnese in 1825 by Ottoman vassal Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt and the atrocities committed by his forces against the indigenous population

Sicily they began mine laying operations against Malta

engraved "1943" on the reverse

A Belgian Civil Decoration; Gold Grade Cross 1St Class Consignment: 17 GTRexclude 7th BattalionA Belgian Civil Decoration; Gold Grade Cross 1st Class, Type III Silver gilt and enamels, cypher of Leopold III (1934 1951), 34. 5 mm x 44. 7 mm, on Administrative Long Service ribbon, enamel chipping on the tips of the arms, very fine. (C: 17)