Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden SCHNEIDER LUDENSCHEID" on the reverse

SCHNEIDER LUDENSCHEID" on the reverse

now a Major

The cap measures approximately 20 cm (w) x 24

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms and with its arms joined through the quadrants by an oak leaf wreath

the badge is constructed of aluminum on a silver bullion wire threaded knot with a field grey wool backer

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden SCHNEIDER LUDENSCHEID" on the reverseInstituted 1926. A lovely Cuban manufactured Grand Cross Set, consisting of a sash badge, in silver gilt, a coloured enamel decoration, the central medallion consisting of a front facing bust of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES 1868 (Year of Cuban Independence), surrounded by a silver gilded wreath, with ten silver ornately decorated bursts stemming from the wreath, evenly spaced on a blue