Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold (Знак ордена Святого Андрея Первозванного)

(Знак ордена Святого Андрея Первозванного)

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

patches of dried glue residue on the undersides from previous board mounting

with dual swivel attachment claws

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

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold (Знак ордена Святого Андрея Первозванного)Instituted 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