San Patricios Badge

A reproduction of a memorial to the St. Patrick's Batallon in Mexico City to honour the Irishmen who fought under the banner of 'Erin Go Bragh' and the Mexican eagle as part of the Mexican Army in the wake of the 1845 American annexation of the independent Republic of Texas. Image has a Celtic cross and the Mexican eagle with the text 'AL HEROICO BATALLON DE SAN PATRICIO - 1847'.