Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden After being transfered to the

After being transfered to the 25th CEF he saw service in France from May 8th 1916 to 19th June 1916

of identical construction and appearance

maker marked "GORHAM" (Gorham Manufacturing Company)

(ALEXANDER URQUHART)

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden After being transfered to theInstituted 1926. A lovely Cuban manufactured Grand Cross Set, consisting of a sash badge, in silver gilt, a coloured enamel decoration, the central medallion consisting of a front facing bust of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES 1868 (Year of Cuban Independence), surrounded by a silver gilded wreath, with ten silver ornately decorated bursts stemming from the wreath, evenly spaced on a blue