Military Decorations of Mexico - Long Service Medal

Long Service Medal

The Condecoración a la Perseverancia is granted to military personnel for faithful, uninterrupted periods of military service.

Description: Basic form is a Maltese cross with two or three inner raised rims, resting on one or two circular wreaths of laurel, with a large round gilt central medallion bearing the number of years service surrounded by a white band inscribed Perseverancia above and the class of medal below. Suspended by a small replica of the Mexican eagle or a 5-pointed star from a ribbon colored according to class, with a gilt bar at top inscribed Mexico.

• Por la Patria (50 years service) - yellow enameled gilt cross, two laurel wreaths, diagonal red-white-green ribbon with the Mexican eagle as suspender
• Institutional (45 years service) - red enameled gilt cross, two laurel wreaths, diagonal red-white-green ribbon with the Mexican eagle as suspender
• Extraordinaria (40 years service) - white enameled gilt cross, two laurel wreaths, red ribbon with medium-narrow green-white center stripe, Mexican eagle as suspender
• Especial (35 years service) - white enameled gilt cross, gilt laurel wreath, diagonal yellow above gray ribbon divided by narrow green-white-red stripes, Mexican eagle as suspender
• 1st Class (30 years service) - gilt cross with blue rims, laurel wreath, white ribbon with diagonal green-white-red center stripes, Mexican eagle as suspender
• 2nd Class (25 years service) - red enameled cross, laurel wreath, ribbon of three equal green-white-red stripes with the Mexican eagle as suspender
• 3rd Class (20 years service) - green enameled cross, laurel wreath, ribbon with five equal green-white-red-white-green stripes, 5-pointed star as a suspender
• 4th Class (15 years service) - white enameled cross, laurel wreath, white ribbon with medium width green (left) and red edges, 5-pointed star as suspender
• 5th Class (10 years service) - red enameled cross, silver laurel wreath, halved green (left) and red (right) ribbon with 5-pointed star as suspender