Mexico, Ii Empire. A Merit Medal, Military Division, Stamped Navalon G., Ii Class C.1865 GTRexclude / You gave your Son

/ You gave your Son that we might live

Chief Surgeon of the American Expeditionary Forces 1918-19

the silvering is still frosted

under the name Alfred Armstrong

likley taken in Bosnia Herzegovina c

Mexico, Ii Empire. A Merit Medal, Military Division, Stamped Navalon G., Ii Class C.1865 GTRexclude / You gave your Son(Medalla al Mrito). Instituted in 1863 by Maximilian I. 1865 1867 issue. Military Division. An early rounded medal in silver, the obverse showing the head of Maximilian I facing right with the surrounding inscription MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR (Maximilian Emperor), the reverse presenting in three lines the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit), surrounded by a laurel wreath, the bottom stamped by the name of the artist NAVALON. G., presenting