Belgium Belgian Congo WWII Order of Leopold II Knight's Cross with Swords Diploma

Belgium: Knight's Cross in the Order of 
Leopold II. With crossed swords on the ribbon 
denoting a war time award. 
With its diploma of issue to a soldier (the award 
was issued in 1945 and the diploma was signed 
in 1949).
The Order was instituted in 1900, initially as 
an award for exceptional military and civilian 
services to the Belgian Congo.  In 1908 the 
Order became officially a Belgian Order as 
well, awarded for exceptional civil or military 
services to both Belgium or the Belgian 
Colony of Congo.
This is the monolingual version of the Cross 
that was issued prior to 1952.

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World War 2 1939 - 1945 

Item 100% original - ribbon, diploma original

Condition as on the photos
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