Mexico. A Rare Mexico City University Proclamation Medal, c.1808 Republic of It is missing its tailpiece

It is missing its tailpiece flap which was attached to the rear skirt of the smock and subsequently used to patch the hole below the left breast

the obverse inscribed with the royal monogram om Maximilian Joseph I

surrounded by the inscription "EXPOSICION PUBLICA DE PRODUCTOS INDUSTRIALES"

chipping evident in the white enamels on the reverse of the arm at 12 o'clock)

Mexico. A Rare Mexico City University Proclamation Medal, c.1808 Republic of It is missing its tailpieceIn bronze gilt, the obverse bearing the figure of a woman, the reverse bearing the inscription INTACTAE FIDEI MONIMENTUM DIFFICILLIM PATRIAE TEMPORIBUS MEX ACAD MDCCCVIII, 47 mm (h) x 37 mm (w), light contact, suspension broken (missing), a very scarce award, extremely fine.