Cuba, Republic. An Order Of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Knight Auction (Luftwaffe Fliegermütze)

(Luftwaffe Fliegermütze)

measuring 23 mm (w) x 53

and is accompanied by a period original white card stock slip cover

to an Obergefreiten Franz Zeissl

the gilt finish has been lost

Cuba, Republic. An Order Of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Knight Auction (Luftwaffe Fliegermütze)Instituted April 18, 1926. A silver gilt and multi 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, surrounded by a silver gilded wreath, with ten silver ornately decorated bursts stemming from the wreath, evenly spaced on a blue enamel ring, the badge totally surrounded by a green laurel wreath with red berries,