Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Commander certificate_of_authenticity Four First War French Medals

Four First War French Medals and Awards - War Cross 1914-1918 (with 1914-1916 reverse)

An Iron Class Second Class 1939 by Rudolf Souval - With a toned silver frame

on a stylized suspension with its period original ribbon

Footnote: According to Sascha Weber’s 2008 “The Infantry Assault Badges”

Each board incorporates rank stripes in light blue and black embroidery

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Commander certificate_of_authenticity Four First War French MedalsInstituted 1926. A lovely Commander 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 enamel ring, the badge totally surrounded by a