Belgium, Kingdom. An Order Of Leopold In Gold, Commander, By Wolfers, C.1880 Newly Listed with a buckram core

with a buckram core

mold visible in the right back upper corner below the raised platform on the base inside

one on the cover

in fair to good condition

General King and his wife lived in the Carlton Hotel in Milwaukee

Belgium, Kingdom. An Order Of Leopold In Gold, Commander, By Wolfers, C.1880 Newly Listed with a buckram coreEstablished on July 11, 1832. Civil Dividion. Constructed of 18kt Gold, an outstanding enameled white Maltese cross with typical ball finials, featuring a highly detailed enameled green wreath of laurel and palm in each quadrant, the obverse presenting a central Belgium lion also in Gold, with an enameled black background, surrounded by elegant enameled red border with French inscription L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE, with mirrored design, the reverse centre