Soviet Castro' Orders and Medals

[Paul R]

Anyone know what orders and medals Fidel Castro has been awarded? I wonder what Soviet medals he has recieved!

If anyone has any photos, I would love to see them!

[Hauptmann]

Anyone know what orders and medals Fidel Castro has been awarded? I wonder what Soviet medals he has recieved!

If anyone has any photos, I would love to see them!

Hi Paul,

I'll get this started. I could not find a ton of info on his awards. Nor could I find a single picture of him in any uniform wearing awards or even ribbon bars. He doesn't seem to like to wear such things even in dressier uniforms and of course likes to wear fatigues more than just about anything. However, I have seen pics of his brother Raul in uniform with a fairly large set of ribbon bars... nothing close to say a Marshal of the SU but a good number.

I'm hoping someone can come up with some pics of him wearing some or all of his awards and that others can add to this thread.

Here's what I was able to find including links to the sites where they were found:

Hero of the Soviet Union (HSU).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union

Order of Lenin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Lenin

The Order of Duarte, S?nchez and Mella, golden cross (the highest Dominican decoration) presented on 24 August 1998.

http://dr1.com/news/1998/dnews082498.shtml

The Order of Good Hope (South Africa's highest civilian award for foreigners).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro

Ghanaian Star Order (the highest decoration

awarded by the African country).

http://www.library.yale.edu/~fboateng/castro.htm

Jamaican Order of Merit. Castro is an Honorary member of this Order.

http://www.jis.gov.jm/officepm/html/200503..._excellence.asp

Havana, Cuba - 31 August 2003 - A Native American activist group awarded its highest honour for exceptional warriors to President Fidel Castro - the first time the "Eagle Feather" has been bestowed on a non-native of the United States. Daniel Cheng Yang, leader of the American Indian Movement's youth group, presented the award to Castro along with a declaration honouring"the man who represents respect, success, honour and bravery," Cuba's official National Information Agency said.

http://www.aparchive.com/aparchive/pages/l...tro_cuba_3.html

Wish I could have found more but hope this helps. Very interested to see if others can come up with more, especially pictures wearing same. Also hoping others may be able to provide photos of these awards.

Thanks for coming up with what I feel is an excellent thread.

Dan

[NavyFCO]

Thought I had a pic of Castro with his ribbons, but it was not to be... It's still a nice, pretty picture of him back in his glory days though.

[Paul R]

Thanks Dave,

Regardless, still a very cool photo!!!