Stogieman Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Orden "Ernesto Che Guevara"Order of Ernesto Che Guevara. Awarded in three (3) Classes. One of the Cuban Revolution's most prominent men, confidant of Castro, ultimate rival perhaps.... but honored via this award. Very high in precedence (8th place in the hierarchy). Probably a screw-back, but unknown. In research. No other details available at the moment.Example of the medal ribbons for all three classes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 An example of a First Class award, in the case of issue, with ribbon bar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Nice photo of Che before his death in Bolivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 Interesting close-up. Second Class perhaps.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 And the reverse. What surprises me the most about this photo is the crudeness of the pin...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Ohhhh. Nice one, Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 Note the difference in this pin from the one posted here:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=145367I wonder how many variations are floating around?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hi all,Here's one I found on the net:Hope it helps! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 All 3 classes of the Orden "Ernesto Che Guevara". Gold on the left, washed out by the scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 Reverse: Note the single pin as opposed to the double prong we've seen on other Orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 This appears to confirm that the ribbon on my Soviet Border Guard general's ribbon bar IS a Che 3rd Class:but that only makes the carefully copied ribbon ahead of it-- there are three sets of these from the same general's tunics, with the Cuban awards laboriously copied in multiple piece make-dos on the other two sets-- even more of a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 It will be interesting if at some point we can get a timeline... when a single pin? When did they switch to a double prong? Why the carryover of the pin system from pre-revolution days? Why did they never "go Sov" with screw-back awards?So many unanswered questions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I just found this thread, and I'm wondering whether this unidentified, improvised ribbon on GDR Admiral Wilhelm Ehm's ribbon bar (see here) might be the "Ernesto Che Guevara" order 1st class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I cannot add to the medal... but I have about half a dozen different versions of the "Che" T-shirt... should I add them :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I don't think so, from the width of the ribbon. Also, that looks like a gray center stripe, not white.Anybody have ANY clue whether, following Soviet practice, 1st classes could only be awarded after 2nd classes, after 3rd classes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Just in today, cased 2nd Class:The bust is a separate piece. It and the center obverse disk appear to be of real but non-tarnishing silver (?) while the star itself is chromed, with extra chroming on the reverse disk.Like all but one of the pinback Orders that have turned up so far, it is in a generic plastic case with randomly colored insert, the same way ribboned medals were issued:Whether this is correct, or how they are coming out, remains a question among all the other questions with no answerss yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 Nice piece! However there are three (3) cased pin-backs seen in Europe! A Camillo Cienfuegos, a Che First and a third one... I forget. Look back to "A Cuban Dream" thread... pix in there from Germany show three early orders in leatherette cases slightly bigger than the last cased CF that came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Compared same size with a Red Star: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hey Chris... have that Che shirt in a 3XLT?? ;>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I don't think so, from the width of the ribbon. Also, that looks like a gray center stripe, not white. Well, now IF... let's just suppose IF... there surfaced another bar of his... with the same ribbon... but the correct width.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 How 'bout this? (yes I know, the pic is tiny) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Che 1st cl - in correct width now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) This is a later bar of Ehm, with the Karl-Marx-Orden on top - which he got in 1983.And the red ribbon in the same row as the Ernesto Che Guevara (end of the row) - I bet this is the order of Miguel Larreynaga from Nicaragua, socialist ally at the time. Which would most probably make the one between those two South American as well. Here, the center stripe is clearly light blue, not dark blue as in his earlier bar. Edited July 8, 2008 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 here's a better picture! Any experts here for Latin American awards....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Any new ideas on this one? Does anyone know of GDR officers who got Cuban awards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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