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

7th Battalion

the Battalion was absorbed into the 2nd Reserve 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

COX A-105274" on the obverse

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)