Cuba, Socialist Republic. An Order Of Julio Antonio Mella Auction Archive Footnote: Strength of this unit

Footnote: Strength of this unit was 612 men at Waterloo and was second corps under command of Lieutenant General Lord Hill

with a leather tab sewn to the belt with six sets of vertically oriented doubled-up holes for length adjustment

two brown leather loops at the top and one centred brown leather loop

1944 is unknown

Light contact on all

Cuba, Socialist Republic. An Order Of Julio Antonio Mella Auction Archive Footnote: Strength of this unit(Orden "Julio Antonio Mella"). Six piece construction, heavily plated bronze with silvering, gilt and red enamels, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, original ribbon, mounted to a five sided brass suspension with pinback, intact enamels, in its plastic case of issue, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Julio Antonio Mella is awarded to Cuban and foreign youngsters, in recognition of extraordinary merits reached in