Mexico, Republic. A Decoration Of The Mexican Legion Of Honour, C.1950 Buy Now the first award of its

the first award of its kind and the highest award at that time

Infantry FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION Noville

5 Rest Camp at St

42 mm x 54

with an entry visa for the United Kingdom issued at the British embassy in Berlin on 7 August 1939

Mexico, Republic. A Decoration Of The Mexican Legion Of Honour, C.1950 Buy Now the first award of its(Condecoracin de la Legin de Honor Mexicano). Instituted 3 May 1951 by presidential decree. An ornate gilt bronze and polychrome enamel medal, the obverse centre constructed of blue enamel bearing the gilt head and shoulders of the warrior king Cuauhtemoc in a feathered headdress within a red enamel ring inscribed in gilt LEGION DE HONOR (LEGION OF HONOR) with gilt laurel leaves below, imposed on a red enamel four armed cross with bifurcated ends,