Miniature gilt-edged white enamel Maltese cross with gilt ball-tipped finials, on gilt swivel crown suspension; the face with a circular central gilt medallion bearing the head of King Leopold III facing right; the reverse gilt with a circular central medallion inscribed ‘VETERANI LEOPOLDI TERTII REGIS’ (Veterans of King Leopold III); diameter 15.85mm (0.62 inch); a couple of minute hairline cracks to the white enamel of the right-hand arm of the face visible under magnification; on original ribbon mounted for wear in the Belgian style. King Leopold III reigned from 1934 to 1951.
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