The Albert I "Military" 20 franc was minted during the First World War. The obverse depicts the king in uniform, thus the designation as the "Belgian Military." Albert is famous for his resistance to Germany's desire to move troops through Belgium declaring "I rule a nation, not a road." When Germany, ignoring Albert's stand, invaded Belgium in 1914, the much smaller nation was forced from its neutrality. Albert led a spirited defense against Germany's invading armies while his wife Elisabeth worked as a nurse at the front. Minted in that single year, 1914, we see the "Belgian Military" rarely and only in small hoards, usually in uncirculated condition.