Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Archive white distinction

white distinction

A Baden Silver Grade Merit Medal

with approximately 45% of the original gilt intact

the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

displaying light wear

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Archive white distinction(Orden Carlos Manuel de Cspedes). Instituted 1979. A Five pointed gilt and silver star with a central medallion bearing a relief portrait of Carlos Manuel de Cspedes surrounded by a dark blue enamel ring inscribed CARLOS MANUEL DE CSPEDES 1868, with red enamel rays between each arm of the star, the reverse with the Cuban coat of arms and the inscription REPUBLICA DE CUBA CONSEJO DE ESTADO, on a pentagonal ribbon of blue with a central white stripe