A Belgian Civil Decoration; Gold Grade Cross 1St Class Consignment: 17 GTRexclude not least at the crossing

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

s 4th Panzer Army

COX A-105274" on the obverse

the Battalion was absorbed into the 2nd Reserve Battalion

ASSMANN & SOHNE LUDENSCHEID" on the plate on the reverse

A Belgian Civil Decoration; Gold Grade Cross 1St Class Consignment: 17 GTRexclude not least at the crossingA 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)