Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Hold by Carlos Perez-Maldonado

by Carlos Perez-Maldonado

he published "Twenty-Six Disastrous Years" which criticized U

(Ordem do Mérito Militar)

minor flecking of the enamels and wear of the gilt

Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Hold by Carlos Perez-MaldonadoInstituted 1943. Two piece construction, a circular bronze gilt medal with red, orange, green brown, light blue and dark blue enamels, the obverse bears a soldier wearing a backpack holding a gun, encompassed by a dark blue enamel border inscribed in gilt MEXICO CONFIA EN TUS HIJOS (MEXICO TRUST YOUR CHILDREN), with a laurel wreath border tied with a ribbon at the bottom, the reverse bears the inscription MAYO 28 DE 1942 COMITE CENTRAL DE LA DEFENSA