Eight pointed gold rimmed white enamel cross, a gold ball on each point. A green enamel wreath round the cross. Obverse: A gold rampant Belgian lion surrounded by a redband with the gold motto: 'UNION FAIT LA FORCE'. Reverse: Monogram 'L R' in the centre in gold on a black medallion within a red band. Suspended from a purple ribbon by a crown above two crossed swords. Mounted, court style, on a bar with six other medals.

George Ronald Beddard Blount was born in 1877 and entered the Royal Navy in 1892. By 1912 he had been promoted to Commander and during World War I served in HMS ‘Revenge’ and on the staff of Vice-Admiral Dover, 1914-15. He was promoted to Captain in 1917 and was in command of the monitor HMS ‘Marshall Soult’ taking part in the bombardment of Zeebrugge, 11 May 1917; Ostend, 4 September 1917 and enemy batteries on the Belgian Coast, 18 May 1918. During her service the ‘Marshall Soult’ was frequently attacked by enemy aircraft but sustained no damage or casualties. Blount was promoted to Rear-Admiral and retired at his own request in 1928. He was promoted to Vice-Admiral on the retired list in 1933. Vice-Admiral Blount died in 1964.