Bronze and white enamel cross patteé with laurel wreath between the arms, on five-pointed star and loop suspension; the face with a circular central white enamel medallion bearing the gilt figure ‘20’ within a ring inscribed in black letters ‘PERSEVERANCIA – 4A CLASE’; the reverse plain with a circular central medallion inscribed ‘CREADA / POR LEY / DE 11 DE / MARZO / 1926’; on original age-faded ribbon with bronze laurel-decorated pasador top bar mounted for wear. The decoration was instituted on 11 March 1926 to reward 20 years’ distinguished service in the Mexican army. (Ref. Grove D515).
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