Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Hold reinforced black paper backer

reinforced black paper backer

A 1940 RKB (Reichskolonialbund/Reich Colonial League) Krems badge

group also includes his paratroopers jumpsuit (so called "Knochensack") re-sewn

he was employed for a little over one year as an Insurance Clerk with Canadian Fire Underwriters (September 1925 - October 1926)

Later that month Winston Churchill

Mexico. A Civil Defence Medal For Patriotic Enthusiasm, C.1943 Hold reinforced black paper backerInstituted 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