Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden a cross pattée of multi-piece

a cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed frame

maker marked "GORHAM" (Gorham Manufacturing Company)

the collar measures 540mm from the badge to the central clasp

After being transfered to the 25th CEF he saw service in France from May 8th 1916 to 19th June 1916

one light stain on the medal bed

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden a cross pattée of multi-pieceInstituted 1926. A lovely Cuban manufactured Grand Cross Set, consisting of a sash badge, in silver gilt, a coloured enamel decoration, the central medallion consisting of a front facing bust of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES 1868 (Year of Cuban Independence), surrounded by a silver gilded wreath, with ten silver ornately decorated bursts stemming from the wreath, evenly spaced on a blue