Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Academia Cubana de la Lengua Correspondiente de la Española [Founded 1926], a shaped oval silver-gilt badge, mortar in flames, rev. name of Academy in oval, 61 x 44.5mm. Extremely fine; mural crown suspender
£80-100

Provenance: Bt I. Rudman April 2003.

The Cuban Academy of Language was founded in 1926 to bring together writers, critics, linguists and teachers engaged in the distribution, cultivation and improvement of the Spanish language, particularly the Cuban variety