Cuba, Republic. An Order Of Naval Merit, Companion, On Long Service Ribbon Archive missing its pinback

missing its pinback

The blouse is fabricated from cotton with an olive green tinge to the darker brown colour

And we will keep / True faith with you who lie asleep / With each a cross to mark his bed

It its hard-shelled case of issue

In a letter on Department of National Defence addressed to the Chief of the Air Staff

Cuba, Republic. An Order Of Naval Merit, Companion, On Long Service Ribbon Archive missing its pinbackInstituted in 1912. In bronze, maker marked "DATOR PLUS ULTRA" on the reverse, measuring 37. 8 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), very light contact, on its original blue long service ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Cuban Order of Naval Merit was a state order of chivalry or merit. Its medals were awarded by the Cuban government from the 1910s through the 1950s and were manufactured by the Cuban firm Dator Plus Altra.