Honorary Title "Hero Of The Republic Of Cuba".

[Nota Bene]

Established in 1963 and Awarded only 48 times.

Eddie,

According to this Russian site:

http://sovet.geraldika.ru/article.php?coatid=4630

it was established on 10 December 1979 by Decree-Law No. 30. I am not sure how accurate their data is.

Alexei

[Taz]

Miniature Gold Stars exist,

In Raul Castros recent foriegn visits he wore one.

Regards Eddie

[Esteban_cool]

Is that a miniature?

[Taz]

Yep Esteban,

Here is a normal size hero star as a comparision.

Regards Eddie.

[Blanco]

Estrella de Oro

[medals73]

Another image of Título "Héroe de la República de Cuba", the scan is not of the highest quality.

[Taz]

The Hero of Cuba Gold Star has two types of suspension that i know of at the moment. the screwback and two pronged versions.

[Taz]

The two pronged version.

[GabrielMk3]

Good find, Taz!

When I was in Cuba, I barely saw two officers in two weeks with some Lazaro Peña awards, and regular people and museum guides didn't even know Cuba had awards.


Any idea how many that's been awarded? I'm certain of 8 awarded, but it seems to be a lot more than we think.

[Taz]

Well in post 13 of this thread i have 20 recipients listed but i haven't updated that for a while. You can add Raul Castro to it though which makes 21 that i know of at the moment.

Regards Eddie