Cuba, Republic. A Group of Three Orders of Merit and Distinction Medals Hold almost twenty-four years after the

almost twenty-four years after the citation was issued from Headquarters

grave marker inscribed "21 April 1918" in the background

The picture was developed by photo studio Hiekmann in Dresden

An additional supporting document was filed by a Canadian Army Medical Corps doctor at West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital: "Right ear retracted and thickened

Cuba, Republic. A Group of Three Orders of Merit and Distinction Medals Hold almost twenty-four years after the1. (Orden Flix Varela) Flix Varela Order, first class, gilt and silvered bronze, obverse featuring a gilt portrait of Flix Varela encircled by a white enamel ring inscribed FLIX VARELA on a starburst of eight points, reverse with the Cuban coat of arms and inscription REPBLICA DE CUBA CONSEJO DE ESTADO, suspended from its tricolour ribbon in red, white, and blue, accompanied by its ribbon bar, measuring 44. 4 mm x 44. 2 mm, 27. 5 grams, three piece