Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set Province of China 2mm (w) x 104

2mm (w) x 104

original ribbon fed through loop

measuring 64 mm (w) x 63 mm (h)

inscribed "Elijah's Friend" on the reverse

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Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set Province of China 2mm (w) x 104Instituted 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