On 21 July 1919, the generals who commanded an army division during the First World War received the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold from King Albert.

- Lieutenant General Louis Bernheim (1861-1931)
- Lieutenant General baron Jacques de Dixmude (1858-1928)
- Lieutenant General baron Louis Rucquoy (1861-1937)
- Lieutenant General baron de Ceuninck (1858-1935)
- Lieutenant General Aloïs Biebuyck (1860-1944)
- King Albert, Prince Leopold and Queen Elisabeth
- Lieutenant General baron Honoré Drubbel (1855-1924)
- The ministers Delacroix, de Broqueville, Masson and Hymans
- Lieutenant General Cyriaque Gillain (1857-1931)
- Lieutenant General Baron Michel du Faing d’Aigremont (1855-1931)
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Each of the eight recipients also received a folder with photographs of the presentation ceremony, accompanied by a letter from General Jungbluth, head of the king's military household.