Order of the Crown (Belgium)

Officer of the Order of the Crown

The Order of the Crown ( Netherlandish Kroonorde , French Ordre de la Couronne ) was founded on October 15, 1897 by King Leopold II of Belgium as a civil and military merit order for the Congo state . In 1908 he was part of the Belgian order.

The award can be given to people who have made outstanding contributions in the cultural, economic or military fields.

Order classes

The order consists of five classes, the palms and a medal of merit in three levels

• Grand Cross
• Grand Officer
• commander
• officer
• Knight
• Palm trees:
  • in gold
  • in silver
• Merit Medal:
  • in gold
  • in silver
  • in bronze

Order decoration

The medal is a five-armed, white-enameled golden cross with smooth rays between the arms. A golden royal crown can be seen on the front in the gold-rimmed blue enamelled medallion . An L (Leopold) on the reverse .

Carrying method

The grand cross is worn with a sash from the right shoulder to the left hip and a ten-pointed breast star with alternating brilliant rays in silver and smooth rays in gold. In the case of major officers, the breast star has five arms. Commanders wear the medal as neck medals , officers and knights on a ribbon on their left chest. Officers also have a rosette on the ribbon . The knight's medal is made of silver.

The ribbon is bluish red.

literature

• Paul Ohm Hieronymussen: Handbook of European Orders in Color. Universitas, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-8004-0948-8 .

Web links

• De Kroonorde Images of the different types of medals at: users.skynet.be (Dutch)