Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Commander consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a greenish-grey rayon

constructed of a greenish-grey rayon backer

After leaving Finland

written by Major Garay

(Orden Berthold des Ersten Bruststern zum Kommandeurkreuz)

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Commander consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a greenish-grey rayonInstituted 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