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

with stamped number on reverse suspension "63317"

the couple later settling in Canada at Glenburnie

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

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