a white enamel cross with ball finials and three rays in each quadrant
other than the Order of Military Merit
It is the oldest and highest order of Belgium and is awarded for military
the exterior trimmed at both the top and bottom with white cotton bands bearing a central white felt letter “W”
machine embroidered in golden threads on dark green wool
Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal GTRexclude a white enamel cross with(Besitzzeugnis zum Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse). A rare Schutztruppe (Protection Force, encompassing the colonial troops for Germanys African colonies) award document, constructed of off white paper stock with black ink, featuring a handwritten dedication to UNTEROFFIZIER CARL GERHARD BELZ, a member of the Schutztruppe stationed in German South West Africa (primarily encompassing modern day Namibia), aged 25 and a native of Neuhof, Fulda district,