Cuba, Republic and Revolutionary Period. A Group of Cuban Military and Political Insignia consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac One of the mines sank

One of the mines sank the passenger ship “Niagara” five days later

(Orden vom Goldenen Vliesz)

Peacetime Military Division

obverse shows elephant

measuring 44 mm (w) x 1040 mm (l)

Cuba, Republic and Revolutionary Period. A Group of Cuban Military and Political Insignia consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac One of the mines sank1. (Medalla a los Veteranos de la Guerra Hispano Americana) Medal for the Veterans of the wars of Latin American Independence, instituted in 1912, struck in silver, the obverse depicting a classical female allegorical figure beneath a radiant star with the inscription CUBA A LOS VETERANOS DE LA GUERRA HISPANO AMERICANA, the reverse featuring the Cuban coat of arms within a wreath alongside the inscription FIRST THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA