- Time Period: Interwar Period
- Institution: 1926
- Country: Mexico
The Decoration of Heroic Valor (or Condecoración al Valor Heroico in Spanish) is a Mexican award given to military personnel for exceptional acts of heroism at risk of their own life. The medal may be awarded in both war and peace.
There are three classes:
- 1st class – solid red ribbon
- 2nd class – five equal stripes, three red and two white
- 3rd class – white ribbon with medium width red edges
The Decoration for Heroic Valor Design
The medal is a gilt-edged red-enameled “Lancer Cross” (equilateral cross whose arms resemble lance heads) resting on a gilt “star” of multiple rays that resembles a square with points at the cardinal points.
The oval red central medallion has the number 1, 2, or 3 according to class, surrounded by a white band inscribed Valor Heroico in gold, wit the word Valor in the upper part and Heroico on the bottom, separated by a dash. Between the cross’ arms, and covering the space between them, are four aces that coincide with the square where the inscription is written. The remaining aces augment in longitude towards the center.
The plaque is slightly convex in the exterior part. It has a ring for hanging it and a sixteen-side star in the reverse with the legend Creada en 1926 (Created in 1926) en highlighted uppercase letters.
The medal is suspended from a red and white ribbon (three vertical bands o 10 millimeters each) according to class, with a gilt bar at top inscribed Mexico.
