Watch List notes:

Cuba, enameled gold-plated silver star decoration (military order) with original ring, ribbon, and clasp, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Fourth Class Officer Badge (instituted 1926), pre-1979 type. Barac-61; R&S-Cu61a. 44.44 grams; 44mm. Obverse with bust inside blue-enameled legend CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES / 1868; reverse with enameled Cuban arms inside white-enameled field; all inside gold wreath inside blue-enameled decoration surrounded by green-enameled wreath. Handsomely preserved, with no chipping of the enamel and only light fraying near the top of the attached ribbon (blue). Revolutionary hero Carlos Manuel de Cespedes del Castillo is known as the "Father of the Fatherland" for his role in Cuba's fight for independence from Spain starting with the "Ten Years War" in 1868.
($300-450)