Cuba, Republic. A Medal for the Victory Cuba & Ethiopia Newly Listed with bending of the catch

with bending of the catch evident

It was awarded to members of the armed forces with a minimum of one year's service in contact with an enemy who received the Medal of the Wounded

topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum piping

then transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station on the 19th

four silver-aluminum Russian braid shoulder board attachments

Cuba, Republic. A Medal for the Victory Cuba & Ethiopia Newly Listed with bending of the catch(Medalla Por la Victoria CubaEtiopa), Circular gilt metal, 32,2 mm in diameter, obverse featuring the map outlines of Cuba and Ethiopia joined by radiating lines from a star symbolising cooperation, the inscription Por la Victoria CubaEtiopa 19781989 around the upper edge, reverse displaying the Cuban national coat of arms circumscribed Republica de Cuba Consejo de Estado, suspended from a pentagonal ribbon with vertical stripes of red, white, blue,