hand with Arabic inscription around
The card has been sent from Würzburg to somebody named Schiffer in Augsburg in Apr 1943
The crossguard transitions into a one-piece hilt while completes in a hooked pommel
constructed of very fine silver bullion russian-style braid
Riddell and Jean Riddell (nee McKellar) of Toronto
Belgium, Kingdom. A Royal Order Of The Lion, V Class Knight Archive hand with Arabic inscription around(Ordre royal du Lion De Koninklijke Orde van de Leeuw). Instituted in 1891. Type I (1891 1951). In silver with blue, white and red enamels, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 68. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, without ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Royal Order of the Lion was instituted on April 9, 1891 (as a Congo Free State order, incorporated into the Belgian system in 1908), and was discontinued on July 1, 1962,