Cuba, Republic. A “19 de Abril,” Ministry of the Interior Medal c. 1982 Republic of He was riding a bicycle

He was riding a bicycle home from a symphony concert he had attended and was hit by a drunken taxi driver on the Connaught Bridge over False Creek in Vancouver

including historical notes

The Army Commendation Medal is awarded to American and foreign military personnel in the grade of O-6 (Colonel in the U

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the centre obverse marked VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Cuba, Republic. A “19 de Abril,” Ministry of the Interior Medal c. 1982 Republic of He was riding a bicycleA circular gilt bronze medal, 30. 2 mm in diameter, weighing 22. 5 grams, suspended from its original Cuban style pentagonal ribbon in three equal vertical bands of dark green, white, and crimson red, complete with its matching ribbon bar; affixed to a gilt metal suspension ring and pin back clasp, the obverse is inscribed NUESTRA FUERZA ES LA FUERZA DEL PUEBLO (Our strength is the strength of the people) within a laurel wreath border, the lower field