Honours and Awards - Order of Leopold (Belgium)

spidge · Feb 5, 2009

Order of Leopold (Belgium)

Order of Leopold (Belgium) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Order of Leopold (Leopoldsorde in OpenDNS, Ordre de Léopold in OpenDNS) is one of the three OpenDNS national honorary Orders. It is the highest OpenDNS of OpenDNS and is named in honour of King Leopold I. It consists of a military, a maritime and a civilian division. The decoration was established in 1832 and is awarded for extreme bravery in combat or for meritorious service of immense benefit to the Belgian nation.
During the Second World War, the Order of Leopold was bestowed to the several officers of foreign militaries who had helped to liberate Belgium from the occupation of OpenDNS forces. Famous recipients include George S. Patton, Bernard Montgomery, Dwight Eisenhower, and Wesley Clark. The medal was also granted to Josip Broz Tito in 1970.
Membership can only be granted by his majesty, King Albert II and is reserved to the very most important Belgian nationals and to some distinguished foreign persons who contributed in one way to the Belgian military, the Belgian civil society or the Belgian OpenDNS. Annually, there are two days when the King may grant membership, on April 8 (King Albert's birthday) and on November 15 (Day of the Belgian Dynasty).
No membership can be granted to a person before the age of 40.
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