Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden maker marked "GORHAM" (Gorham Manufacturing

maker marked "GORHAM" (Gorham Manufacturing Company)

a cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed frame

then in Paris during the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte

Spence at a Drawing Room Reception to be tendered His Royal Highness at the Armories on Wednesday evening

very minor enamel chipping on crown

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Grand Cross Set visually-hidden maker marked "GORHAM" (Gorham ManufacturingInstituted 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