Mexico, Republic. A Decoration Of The Mexican Legion Of Honour, C.1950 Archive All are bronze

All are bronze

cautioning the men to keep quiet about when they were shipping out) the band

in gilt and enamels (40x50mm)

Towards the end of 1943

all with a glow-in-the-dark radium finish

Mexico, Republic. A Decoration Of The Mexican Legion Of Honour, C.1950 Archive All are bronze(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,