Cuba, Republic. A Geographic Society Award, Silver Grade, C.1914 Auction He was appointed Acting Lance

He was appointed Acting Lance Sergeant on January 1

although a a piece of it remains wedged between the ring and the body of the helmet

constructed of a tan-coloured cotton backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

with “FW” in equally raised lettering directly below

From 1944 onwards

Cuba, Republic. A Geographic Society Award, Silver Grade, C.1914 Auction He was appointed Acting LanceAn early Cuban badge in silver with green, white, off white, light blue, dark blue, red and brown enamels, maker marked "aXc" (Adrien Chaubillon, Paris) and marked "950" (silver) on the integral ring, obverse illustrating a ship, its sail bearing a red cross, the ship on a globe featuring the Atlantic Ocean, with Europe and Africa at the right, the Americas at the left, with Cuba highlighted in green, surrounded by an open ended wreath of laurel