Cuba, Socialist Republic. An Order For Service Of The Revolutionary Armed Forces, Iii Class C.1980 Newly Listed Army Spanish Campaign Medal 1898

Army Spanish Campaign Medal 1898 (in bronze

It took part in desperate battles in the Kurland Pocket in the winter of 1944/45

edge wear and discolouration)

Naming in raised lettering

but these were later multiplied by division into classes

Cuba, Socialist Republic. An Order For Service Of The Revolutionary Armed Forces, Iii Class C.1980 Newly Listed Army Spanish Campaign Medal 1898(Order por el Servicio a la Patria en las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias FAR). A singular multiple rayed five armed plaque in bronze, obverse superimposed by a silvered five pointed star presenting a silver gilt central medallion bearing a Cuban Armed Forces emblem, encircled by an enameled green band inscribed POR EL SERVICIO A LA PATRIA FAR (For Service to the Fatherland), reverse engraving a Cuban coat of arms and the inscription REPUBLICA DE CUBA