Cuba, Republic. A Group of Three Orders of Naval or Military Merit United Republic of green and yellow embroidered threading

green and yellow embroidered threading in a repeating pattern

one depicting a full-coloured Wolfgang Willrich illustration of Feldwebel Helmut Arpke

It is held in place by three black vertical strands of twisted cord

with stamped number on reverse suspension "63317"

the couple later settling in Canada at Glenburnie

Cuba, Republic. A Group of Three Orders of Naval or Military Merit United Republic of green and yellow embroidered threading1. (Orden del Merito Naval o Militar por Valor en Combate 3a Clase) Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Bravery in Combat, in the form of a Maltese cross with ball finials between the arms, superimposed on a laurel wreath and suspended from an open wreath by a ring and original purple ribbon with horizontal pinback suspension, the crimson enamel centre medallion bearing the intertwined letters MM and encircled by the motto HONOR VIRTUD