Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold with dual swivel attachment claws

with dual swivel attachment claws

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

Telegram & telephone Services) Franjo Poljan

Arlosen Hauptstr

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

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Merit Mambi, Knight Hold with dual swivel attachment clawsInstituted 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