Cuba, Republic. An Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic without photograph

without photograph

and would serve with her for the next thirty months and was promoted to Leading Seaman on February 24

While the Order's purposes were mostly fraternal by this point

The sweatband is constructed of black leather with a threaded brown bow at the inside rear

" Memorial Crosses were later forwarded to his widow

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic without photograph(Orden del Merito Naval o Militar por Servicios Distinguidos 3a Clase) Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services, in the form of a green enamel Maltese cross with ball finials between the arms, superimposed on a green enamelled laurel wreath with red enamel berries and suspended from an open green enamel wreath by a ring, missing its green ribbon, the blue enamel centre medallion bearing the intertwined letters MM and encircled