MEXICO Order Defenders Cross of the Republic General Ignacio Comonfort 1920’s
Major General Ignacio Comonfort. Gilt bronze with enamel. Measures 12 x 6 cm. Base plate with eight diamond-cut points. Above it is a Maltese Cross with red enamel, finished in scrolls, and gold-trimmed. In the center, a button with an olive leaf wreath on its exterior, the epigraph enameled in dark blue with gold lettering bearing the inscription: Division General Ignacio Comonfort. In the center, tricolor enamel, a Mexican eagle with wings down, turning to the left, and a serpent. The plain back has an enameled button in the center, the epigraph in white with gold lettering; “CORP OF DEFENDERS OF THE REPUBLIC, ” and in blue enamel in gold letters the inscription: “DISTINGUISHED SERVICES SINCE 1836, ” with a tricolor center and a Mexican eagle facing left with a serpent. The upper point of the base plate is elongated and bent to serve as a rein for a wreath of olive and laurel leaves in red and green enamel on both sides. The wreath has a tubular rein.