20 - Officer’s Cross of the Order of Leopold, awarded for military service, in gold (585 parts per thousand) and polychrome enamel

Officer’s Cross of the Order of Leopold, awarded for military service, in gold (585 parts per thousand) and polychrome enamel , with a rosette ribbon. Significant losses in the green enamel, oxidation of the gold, and chips in the white enamel. Belgium, second half of the 19th century. No visible hallmark. L. 4.4 cm. Gross weight: 19.9 g. Provenance - Awarded to General Félix Corneille Lahure (1800–1882), then a colonel and commander of the 1st Lancers Regiment, who was appointed an Officer of the Order of Leopold by royal decree on July 17, 1851: “Wishing to give Colonel Lahure, commander of the 1st Lancers Regiment, further proof of our satisfaction and goodwill, and to reward him for the services he has rendered” (in *Pasinomie*, or Complete Collection of Laws, Decrees, Orders, and General Regulations That May Be Invoked in Belgium, by M. Ranwet, Brussels: Meline, Cans & Co., Booksellers and Publishers, 1851, p. 242). - Then by descent.