promotion of labour who have reached the age of 42 after a tenure of 20 years (national committee) or 30 years (provincial committee). The Association of the Order of Leopold Founded in 1932 on the occasion of the centenary of the creation of the Order of Leopold as "Société d’entraide des membres de l’Ordre de Léopold" / "Vereniging tot onderlinge hulp aan de leden van de Leopoldsorde" (Mutual aid society for the members of the Order of Leopold), the Association of the Order of Leopold (Vereniging van de Leopoldsorde in Dutch, Société de l'Ordre de Léopold in French) is a private association, that is headquartered in Brussels. Equivalent orders Even though orders from different states are not always easy to compare, the Order of Leopold is modeled like the French honour system. The Legion of Honour, which is the highest French order, has the same classes and award conditions. German orders have often different older honour systems, often with only 3 classes or less. The Order of Leopold is roughly equivalent to the following orders from other States. The Danish Order of Dannebrog, the Order of the Elephant being awarded almost exclusively to Heads of State and royalty. The French Légion d'Honneur, which is the highest French order and has similar classes and award conditions. The British Order of the Bath, which is the highest British order awarded to more than a very limited number of people. The Jordanian Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali, the highest order of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with the scope of rewarding benevolence and foreign Heads of State. The Luxembourg Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, which is the highest Luxembourgian order and has similar classes but is only rarely awarded, and the Luxembourg Order of Adolphe of Nassau. The Dutch Military William Order, which is the highest Dutch order but rarely awarded, could be considered the equivalent of the Military Division of the Order of Leopold awarded for bravery. The Order of the Netherlands Lion would be equivalent of the Order of Leopold in other cases. The Norwegian Order of St. Olav, which is currently the highest Norwegian order and has similar classes. The Swedish Order of the Polar Star, which is the highest Swedish order awarded more widely than to Heads of State and has similar classes, the Royal Order of the Seraphim being only awarded to Heads