Cuba, Republic. A Group of Three Orders of Naval or Military Merit visually-hidden The right collar also bears

The right collar also bears a magnetic metal clip meeting a matching eyelet on the left collar

the ribbon now faded from age with visible colour loss

suspended by original ribbon

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the obverse featuring a white face with an intact glass crystal

Cuba, Republic. A Group of Three Orders of Naval or Military Merit visually-hidden The right collar also bears1. (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