Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

45th Anniversary of the start of the Ten Years’ War, 1913, a gilt-bronze triangular medal, facing bust of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo, rev. shield of arms, 41 x 37mm. Extremely fine; with suspender and bar
£40-60

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes was the planter who, in 1868, freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence from Spain, starting the Ten Years’ War