Medal - Emiliano Zapata Land and Liberty ND

Reverse

Worker with plow and tractor, and at the bottom two hands with broken chains

Script: Latin

Lettering: TIERRA Y LIBERTAD

Translation: Land and Liberty

Comment

Emiliano Zapata 1887-1919 Mexico City Mint Medal. Gold, 37 mm, 41.0 gm. Circa 1960 medal struck by the Mexico City Mint. The obverse features a portrait of Zapata. The reverse bears the caption TIERRA Y LIBERTAD (Land and Liberty) along with a worker with plow and tractor, and at the bottom two hands with broken chains. Zapata, a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, fought for the rights of impoverished workers, mostly mestizos and Native Americans, on the haciendas of wealthy land-owners.