The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major Leon Osterrieth, Belgian Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I, while serving as Chief of the Belgian Military Mission to the United States and Acting Military AttachŽ to the Belgian Legation, Washington, D. C.