Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Hold (Ordem do Mérito Militar)

(Ordem do Mérito Militar)

fighting in the Battle of Cambrai

APL'D FOR"" and maker marked ""NEWARK EMBLEM CO

in spite of your many tasks and obligations

-Gmünd”

Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Hold (Ordem do Mérito Militar)Instituted 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