Cuba, Republic. An Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic While the Order's purposes were

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

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

The former are constructed of dark grey wool bases with buckram cores and bear dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

in five grades: Grand Cordon

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic While the Order's purposes were(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