JBFloyd Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Badge of the Cuban Order of Agricultural and Industrial Merit. Unfortunately, it's without a ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 i love these pre castro awards!!!! there is so much detail on them and the enameling is amazing!!!!! i have one and sadly all the enemal is gone!! great peice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 i love these pre castro awards!!!! there is so much detail on them and the enameling is amazing!!!!! i have one and sadly all the enemal is gone!! great peice!!! The above pictured medal is indeed a work of art! Do you have any other Cuban medals to share? I have not seen any before. The only Cuban piece of militaria I have seen is the Guards' Badge a veteran gave to me when we picked him up in the Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 dont have it here with me but when i go home il get it and post pics of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 dont have it here with me but when i go home il get it and post pics of itThanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Hi Jeff, Thanks for sharing one of the more obscure phaleristic items! Very beautiful enamel work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 the only thing is is that pretty much all of the enamel is gone but i dont care cos how often do you see pre castro awards!!!not often!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, First ClassSash badge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Breast star: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 they realy are amazing awards arent they!!!!! are these yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 They are beautiful! What were they awarded for?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 they realy are amazing awards arent they!!!!! are these yours?That one is mine. I picked it up off eBay several years ago from a person in Chile. He was selling a bunch of decorations, mostly 1st class/Grand Commander types like this, that probably came from the estate of a diplomat or minister. He sold them all separately, so they are all to the four winds now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Hi David, you have done a fine job of expanding your tastes to accomodate some rather beautiful pieces.... my congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 ever notice that some countries have just the most amazing awards!!!!! it does put the german awards to shame!!! plus they can well be cheaper to!!!! but nice pick up dave!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 and hers my one!! apart from the centre all the enamel is gone sadly! still an intresting order! im tyold it should have a purple ribbion on it no a green one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 and the back! these are a real bugger to take a pic of cos of the detail!!theres tiny amounts of eneamel left in some place on the cross itself!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Someone made a real effort to convert a knight's badge into a merit cross by removing the enamel on the arms. Or perhaps someone tried to upgrade the merit cross and made a hash of the enamel.The ribbon color should match the enamel color on this order, so the green ribbon is appropriate in this case. Officially, the ribbon/enamel colors reflect the nature of the services rewarded (I've never had one of the types with two-color ribbons, so I'm unsure of their enamel colors):Military merit: dark redHumanitarian acts: red and whiteGood conduct: blueContinuous service: white and blueSpecial services: greenOther services: whiteI've never seen any definition of what consitutes the various categories. In my experience, the blue ribbon seems most common, followed by green and red. I have a white-ribboned piece to a US Army officer who served as an attache in Havana in the 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywhack Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 i hate it when people mess with awards and messed up the award! i have a order of leopold that had matt gold painted on the gilt gold! managed to get the cr$p off the medal and it looks so much better!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Nothing really fancy, anyway just posting the only two Cuban Medals in my collection.Starting with the Medal for International Fighters.Obverse.Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 And reverse.Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 And the Medal for Victory in Angola.Obverse.Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 And reverse.Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Order of "Carlos Manuel de Cespedes" see grand cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunsho Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 ...and this is the really (double really) rare source book of socialist cuba medals (in german!, maybe DDR armed forces booklet, because there is no publisher or author inprinted, only text no pics)...but the best fact is....it's mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 wow! Kunsho, may I have a xerox of that book?I'll gladly pay you.PaulR-may we see the Guards' badge please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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