Mexico, Republic. A Decoration Of The Mexican Legion Of Honour, C.1950 Hold with a double-breasted front closure

with a double-breasted front closure leading to a stand-up collar fastened by dual hooks and eyes

Berthing Cards

apparently

which they now realise is quite substantial

Mexico, Republic. A Decoration Of The Mexican Legion Of Honour, C.1950 Hold with a double-breasted front closure(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,