The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . HiiiNt and niacketl, [. MECKLENBURO-SCHWETII^ (GRAND DUCHY). 159 contains on the front the inscription: * Fiir Auszcichnung imKriege (For distinction in war), and on the reverse the initialof the founder, and the year 1848/ It is worn on the leftbreast by a bright blue ribbon with narrow borders of red andyellow. MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) ORDER OF THE MADONNA OF GUADALOUPE Was founded after the model of the old one of the EmperorItmbide, on the 11th November, 1853. The head of theMexican government is Gran
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . HiiiNt and niacketl, [. MECKLENBURO-SCHWETII^ (GRAND DUCHY). 159 contains on the front the inscription: * Fiir Auszcichnung imKriege (For distinction in war), and on the reverse the initialof the founder, and the year 1848/ It is worn on the leftbreast by a bright blue ribbon with narrow borders of red andyellow. MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) ORDER OF THE MADONNA OF GUADALOUPE Was founded after the model of the old one of the EmperorItmbide, on the 11th November, 1853. The head of theMexican government is Grand Master, and nominates twenty-fom Knights Grand Cross, one hundred Commanders (exclusiveof foreigners), and an unlimited number of Knights. The Order is worn suspended by a sky blue ribbon withviolet borders, and consists of a golden cross, enamelled redgreen and white, and placed upon palm leaves and an olivebranch, with the Mexican eagle above it. The middle of thefront shows the figure of the Madonna of Guadaloupe, with theinscription : Religion, Independence, Union. The
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