Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Archive 5 mm inclusive of star

5 mm inclusive of star and wreath suspension

a 1955 Carpathian German Federal Meeting in Augsburg badge

8th Australian Division

Frank Turner of Surrey as his next-of-kin

39 mm x 65

Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Archive 5 mm inclusive of starInstituted 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