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Circular gold plaque ornament: with embossed decoration showing the head of a roaring lion facing front. The face is heavily stylised, with single folds below the eyes and around the muzzle, and three horizontal tufts beneath the upright ears. The mane is depicted as upright bristles. There is a cable pattern border and a thick gold wire loop for attachment soldered on the back.
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