Cuba, Republic. An Order of Agricultural and Industrial Merit, Knight Auction dark green and black enamels

dark green and black enamels

was coined as the official imperial title for the British monarch in India in 1876 by the orientalist G

the reverse with a depressed and crimped hinge with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

constructed or pressed brown leather

similarly surrounded by a pebbled border

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Agricultural and Industrial Merit, Knight Auction dark green and black enamels(Orden del Mrito Agrcola e Industrial). Instituted January 20, 1944. Four piece construction, in silver gilt with red, green, white, orange, yellow, light blue, ultramarine blue and navy blue enamels, maker marked "VILARDEBO & RIERA HABANA" and marked "FABRICADO EN CUBA" (Made in Cuba) on the reverse cartouche, measuring 41. 1 mm (h) x 49. 9 mm (h inclusive of ball suspension), worn on replacement green ribbon, enamels intact, contact marks notable on