Republic of Cuba Cuban medals on Ebay

[Herr General]

Maybe someone on this forum has an interest in this medalbar:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Old-Cuba-Militari...1QQcmdZViewItem

[Ed_Haynes]

Interesting. A lot of these pre-Liberation Cuban groups seem to have come to the market all of a sudden. Could they all have been hiding under a rock, or in a collection, somewhere?

[Kev in Deva]

Well they are nice, but so is this one, offered by the same dealer:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Cuba-Interallied-...tem260077564061

But as usual they go for a nice sum

Kevin in Deva destitute and broke after Christmas

[JBFloyd]

Ed,

The majority of the pre-Castro Cuban awards come through coin dealers in Cuba. They seem to funnel things through Germany and Miami. In the past 10 years, I've seen more Republic-era medals than in the previous 30 years.

[Ed_Haynes]

Ed,

The majority of the pre-Castro Cuban awards come through coin dealers in Cuba. They seem to funnel things through Germany and Miami. In the past 10 years, I've seen more Republic-era medals than in the previous 30 years.

Thanks, Jeff!

[Stogieman]

And there seems to be no shortage of interest in the pre-Revolucion era items based on prices I've been watching. The Battista & earlier stuff has historical import to me, but only insofar as it's impetus for the change it created in 1959.

[Stogieman]

Does anybody know the significance of the small, gilt "v"s stacked up on the third medal?