Silver cross pattée pierced at the top for ribbon ring suspension; the face with a circular central medallion bearing the arms of the Department of Santiago (the Mapocho is the river that runs through Santiago); the reverse inscribed ‘LA I. MUNICIPALIDAD AL PRIMER CONTINGENTE DE CONSCRIPTOS DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE SANTIAGO AGT. 1º. 1901’ (The municipality to the first contingent of conscripts of the Department of Santiago 1st August 1901); on original ribbon. Conscription was introduced in Chile in 1901 by the newly-elected President Germán Riesco Errázuriz.
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