Twelve silver plates made for Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium Round scalloped plate with a flat centre. The broad rim emblazoned with the monogram of Prince Leopold beneath the Belgian crown and surrounded by a border of laurel and acanthus relief. These plates were ordered for the wedding of the Belgian crown prince with Princess Astrid of Sweden in the year 1926.Eight years later in 1934, the crown prince ascended the throne as King Leopold III after his father died in an accident. His eldest son Baudouin ruled the country from 1951 – 1993 following Leopold's abdication. Diameter of ten of the plates 32.3; of two 29.5 cm, total weight 12,714 g. Brussels, marks of Lemaire & de Vernisy, 1919 – 34. The "Prince Leopold" service is illustrated under the design number 4001 in the catalogue of works by Lemaire & de Vernisy from the 1930s. Royal Silver for people and king, Museum Sterckshof in Antwerp, 2001. Illus. In cat. p. 226, no. 92.