Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Commander Province of China marked with code “L/11” for

marked with code “L/11” for maker Wilhelm Deumer

36 cm in diameter

the obverse marked “BARDULECK M

Kliment Ohridski Sofia" with the dates "836-916" (the saint's birth and death dates) above and "1888-1938" (the founding and fiftieth anniversary dates of the university) below

1916 while training in Canada and before going overseas but was cleared to continue military service

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Commander Province of China marked with code “L/11” forInstituted 1926. A lovely Commander 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 enamel ring, the badge totally surrounded by a