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 crown enamels

crown enamels

19 mm (w) x 60

In silvered bronze with blue and white enamels

5 x 4 cm each

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 crown enamels1. (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