Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold 1943 and signed in pencil

1943 and signed in pencil by the Commander of the 369th Infantry Division (Croatian)

with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

with dual swivel attachment claws

Measuring 210 mm (w) x 265 mm (h)

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold 1943 and signed in pencilInstituted December 8, 1955. In bronze gilt, a Maltese cross with a thin blue enamelled border and red enamelled ball finials, crossed swords in each quadrant, the obverse medallion featuring a superimposed soldier on a white enamel background encircled in a blue ring inscribed PATRIA HONOR LIBERTAO, surmounted by a red enamelled cap, the reverse is plain, measures 53. 70 mm (w) x 65. 22 mm (h), weighs 29. 15 grams, worn on original ribbon with