Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden Meuse Argonne 1918"

Meuse Argonne 1918"

the badge is constructed of aluminum on a silver bullion wire threaded knot with a field grey wool backer

SCHNEIDER LUDENSCHEID" on the reverse

He was also awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms and with its arms joined through the quadrants by an oak leaf wreath

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden Meuse Argonne 1918"Instituted 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