Cuba, Republic. An Order Of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Knight Buy Now Plain postcard

Plain postcard

2mm (w) x 2 mm (h) mounted for wear

exhibiting very light contact and surface wear

joined together at the bottom by a ribbon overlaid by a mobile swastika

Type II with larger lettering (bronze gilt

Cuba, Republic. An Order Of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Knight Buy Now Plain postcardInstituted April 18, 1926. A silver gilt and multi 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, 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 green laurel wreath with red berries,