Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden 1) an overseas cap eagle

1) an overseas cap eagle in white and dark green (Flaschengrün) machine embroidery

maker marked "GORHAM" (Gorham Manufacturing Company)

one light stain on the medal bed

then in Paris during the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte

chips on white enamel arms on obverse and some crazing on the reverse arms

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden 1) an overseas cap eagleInstituted 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