Graduation Badges.

[Taz]

Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR)

Academia de las FAR "General Máximo Gómez" (General Máximo Gómez Higher Academy of the Armed Forces) Founded on the 3rd July 1963
Director: General de Brigada Urbelino Betancourt Cruces.

Colegio de Defensa Nacional (National Defense College)
(with seat in the Academy of the General Officers' Club of Revolutionary Armed Forces Maximum Gomez, in the east of Havana)
Director: General Reinaldo Gómez Cuevas.

Academia Naval Granma (Granma Naval Academy)
Incorporated 1977-1978

Escuela Interarmas de las FAR "General Antonio Maceo" (General Antonio Maceo Military Academy)
Founded in February 1963

Instituto Técnico Militar "José Martí" (José Martí Technical Military Institute)
Existing until the course of 1975-1976

Escuela de Artilleria de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias "Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos" (Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos Armed Forces' Artillery School)
Incorperated 1977-1978

Instituto Superior de Medicina Militar "Dr. Luis Díaz Soto" (Dr. Luis Díaz Soto Higher Institute of Military Medicine)
Founded October 1980

Escuela Interarmas de las FAR "General José Maceo" (General José Maceo Military School)
Founded on the 15th September1980

Escuela Militar Superior "Cdte. Arides Estévez Sánchez" (Aristides Estévez Sánchez Police Academy)
Incorperated 1984-1985

Escuela Nacional de Tropas Especiales Baraguá (National School of Baraguá Special Troops)
Incorperated in the 1980's


Ministry of Interior (MININT)

Instituto Superior del MININT "Hermanos Martínez Tamayo" (Hermanos Martínez Tamayo Higher Institute: Ministry of the Interior)
Incorperated 1978-1979

Deactivated

Escuela de Comunicaciones y Tropas Quimicas "General Carlos Roloff" ("General Carlos Roloff" School of Communications and Chemical Troops) (1982-1993)

Escuela Militar de Pilotos de Aviacion "Ernesto Che Guevara" ("Ernesto Che Guevara" Air Force Pilots School) (1985-1993)


Assuming that the Cuban system of badges is similar to the Soviet one I would expect three main types of Academy badges.The badge below, a blue enamelled Junior Officer version and a white enamelled one for Military Academies, with the rank of Major and above.
The images of Academy Badges being worn on the right are too small to see any detail, I suspect that they are Soviet Academy Badges though.

Image CO Rick

[Taz]

The white enamelled badge for Military Academies, with the rank of Major and above.
This badge is possibly the one shown worn on the the images in the above post.

Regards Eddie

[pride]

My "white" beauty:

It's a well made award and i'm very happy to find a couple of this in mint condition.
One is for sale if anyone is interested.

I think that actually 2 type are in use, green one and white for the officers.

No maker marks on the back

[Esteban_cool]

My "white" beauty:

I assume it´s made in the soviet mint?

[pride]

uhm...it's possible but i'm not sure

Green one in use today:

[pride]

White in use:

[pride]

I've found a couple of pics about General Alvaro Lopez Miera.
We can see 2 Academy badge on his uniform and this is the first time i see that.
I think one is cuban and the second soviet.

[deValcourt]

I've found a couple of pics about General Alvaro Lopez Miera.
We can see 2 Academy badge on his uniform and this is the first time i see that.
I think one is cuban and the second soviet.

Under Soviet uniform regulations, officers could wear two academy/university badges - one for the highest military academy graduated from, and the other from the highest civilian educational institution (if I'm remembering correctly). I suspect that if someone from Cuba were allowed to attend a Moscow military academy (the only ones for foreign officers), then it was a sufficiently prestigious badge to be allowed to wear it along with any others. At least that's my best guess.:)

Phillip

[pride]

I received just today this badge. It appears an academy award but it's different from the others in shape and colour.

This is dark blue. Anyone have some info?

[Al-muell]

I would guess it's a University graduate award - looks similar to soviet ones.