CROSS OF ORDER OF LEOPOLD
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The four armed cross with white enamel outlined in silver with balls at the ends and a green enameled oak leaf wreath. In the center in a medallion is a gold lion on black enamel with a red enamel border with a gold inscription: Union Fort Air Force. On the obverse is a medallion with gold interlaced letters L R against blue enamel with a border of old enamel and with gold laurel sprays. The ribbon is violet red moiré. Awarded by King Leopold on November 29, 1939.
- Object name:
- CROSS OF ORDER OF LEOPOLD
- Made from:
- Silver -- enamel --silk moiré
- Made in:
- Belgium
- Date made:
- 1939
- Size:
- 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.75.1
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on front: Union Fort Air Force
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973