Spain, Kingdom. A Luzon Campaign Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ensuring a snug fit at

ensuring a snug fit at the neck line

a dove flying to the left and carrying an olive branch in its beak

as a reward for brave conduct and meritorious service in the national police forces of the kingdom as the gendarmerie equivalent of the Military Medal

Post 1947 Type

rust evident on the pinback

Spain, Kingdom. A Luzon Campaign Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ensuring a snug fit atInstituted January 11, 1897. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears the bust of the young Alfonso XIII, encompassed by the inscription ALOS LEALES VOLUNTARIOS DE FILIPINAS, the reverse bears the inscription CAMPANA DE LUZON 1896 1897, with a loop for suspension, on a red and yellow ribbon with horizontal pin brooch, very fine.