Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold affixed to the liner's steel

affixed to the liner's steel frame

patches of dried glue residue on the undersides from previous board mounting

both the larger and small tubes are wrapped in a 5 mm wide carob brown cord

Measuring 210 mm (w) x 265 mm (h)

1943 and signed in pencil by the Commander of the 369th Infantry Division (Croatian)

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold affixed to the liner's steelInstituted December 8, 1955. In bronze gilt, a Maltese cross with a thin blue enamelled border and red enamelled ball finials, crossed swords in each quadrant, the obverse medallion featuring a superimposed soldier on a white enamel background encircled in a blue ring inscribed PATRIA HONOR LIBERTAO, surmounted by a red enamelled cap, the reverse is plain, measures 53. 70 mm (w) x 65. 22 mm (h), weighs 29. 15 grams, worn on original ribbon with