San Patricio Badge

A quality reproduction badge/pin with brooch fixing taken from a memorial to the San Patricio Battalion in Mexico City.

This memorial celebrates the contribution of Irish men who fought under the banner of 'Erin Go Bragh' and the Mexican eagle against the aggressive/land grab of the United States.

Image on badge has a celtic cross and the Mexican eagle with the text 'AL HEROICO BATALLON DE SAN PATRICIO - 1847'.