Perfin From German Occupies Belgium

Can anyone help me with this pretty perfin from Belgium?
Found it at an stamp gathering.

Greeting from Damian

I believe that one is for Leonhard Tietz, S.A.

Thanx! You helped me a lot!

Apparently, it was quite the department-store empire in Europe. Google turned up a card picturing the Brussels store:


(Image from porto-club.de via Google)

Tietz was a German, of Jewish descent. Wikipedia says that the Belgians seized the stores in Belgium during World War I as assets of the enemy, and then the Nazis seized the company, itself, after they came to power in Germany, to replace Jewish ownership with German ownership. Apparently, the family was compensated in some form after World War II.

Wauw! That was quite a store indeed! Thanks for sharing: suddenly the perfin gets an unfortunate historical extra...