CHAPTER VIII
ABOUT THE WEAR OF BADGES AND RIBBON BARS OF AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
ARTICLE 58. Decorations and distinctions will be worn in solemn acts, congresses, meetings and sessions of the State’s supreme organs and those of political, social and mass organizations and in military parades.
ARTICLE 59. They will also be worn, because of celebration of patriotic dates, revolutionary or official acts, and specially during the following days:
a) January 1st, Anniversary of the Revolution, “Liberation’s Day”
b) February 24th,”Baire’s Cry”
c) April 16th, “Militiaman’s Day”
d) May 1st, “International Worker’s Day”
e) July 26th, “National Rebelliousness’ Day”
f) October 10th, “Demajagua’s Cry”
g) November 30th, “July 26th’ Uprising in Santiago de Cuba”
h) December 2th, “Granma’s Expeditionary Forces landing”, “Revolutionary Armed Forces Day”
ARTICLE 60. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and Ministry of Internal Affairs will also wear them in solemn acts determined by the Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces or the Minister of Internal Affairs.
ARTICLE 61. Cuban citizens awarded foreign countries’ decorations, will be able to use them in the dates and occasions indicated in the latter articles and will be adjusted to rules established in Law No. 17, of June 28, 1978 and in this regulations.
ARTICLE 62. Foreign citizens who are awarded a decoration or distinction from the Republic of Cuba, will wear them according to their own countries’ legislations.
ARTICLE 63. Awards and distinctions will be worn being dressed with the required formality, according to the date or act’s nature, preferably in suit, uniform or dress.
ARTICLE 64. The wear of awards and decorations in working clothes, shirts, robes, overalls, sport clothes, coats and capes is forbidden.
ARTICLE 65. Ribbon bars representing the badges or medals of awards and distinctions, will be worn substituting them, being dressed in the established way of Article 63.
ARTICLE 66. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and Ministry of Internal Affairs, will wear awards and distinctions, as well as their representation ribbon bars, according to the established in the dressing regulations of said organisms, adjusted to these regulations.
ARTICLE 67. Concerning order, wearing way and place which awards and distinctions will be worn, awardees will obey the following rules:
a) Orders, medals and distinctions that hang on suspension and those that have their ribbon bar fixed, will be attached on the left side of breast;
b) Orders, medals and distinctions which do not hang on suspension will be attached on the right side of the uniform, suit or dress’ breast;
c) Ribbon bars that represent awards and distinctions will be attached on the left side of breast.
ARTICLE 68. Orders and medals hanging on suspension and those which its ribbon bar is fixed, will be attached considering the following order:
a) Order “Jose Marti”, Order “Carlos Manuel de Cespedes” and Order “Playa Giron”, will have the highest level awards of the Republic of Cuba and will be worn according to the order in which they were awarded and will antecede other Orders.
b) Order “Lazaro Pena” 1st class, Order “Felix Varela” 1st class, Order “Julio Antonio Mella”, Order “Frank Pais”, Order “Ana Betancourt”, Order “Carlos J. Finlay”, Order “Juan Marinello”, Order “of Solidarity”, and Order “For Sport Merit”. All these orders will have the same hierarchy level.
c) Order “Lazaro Pena” 2nd class and Order “Felix Varela” 2nd class, will be worn following their corresponding First Class Order.
d) Order “Lazaro Pena” 3rd Class. All Third Class Orders will have the same hierarchy and will be worn following Second Class ones.
e) Medal “Antonio Maceo”, Medal “Calixto Garcia”, Medal “Ignacio Agramonte” 1st Class, Medal “Ignacio Agramonte” 2nd Class, Medal of“ The Independence”, Medal of “Emigration”, Medal “Jesus Menendez”, Medal “Combatant of the Liberation War”, Medal “Combatant of Clandestine Fight”, Medal “Abel Santamaria”, Medal “Jose Antonio Echeverria”, Medal “Ciro Redondo”, Medal “Osvaldo Herrera”, Medal “Eliseo Reyes”, Medal “Internationalist Combatant”, Medal “Combat Brotherhood”, Medal for “Frontiers’ Safeguarding”, Medal “for Interior order’s Protection”, Medal “for Bravery during Service”, Medal “Labor Feat”, Medal “of Friendship”, Medal “Romarico Cordero”, Medal “Cuban Red Cross”, Medal “Ignacio Agramonte” 3rd Class, Commemorative Medal “XX Anniversary of Revolutionary Armed Forces”, Medal “250th Anniversary of the Havana University” and Commemorative Medal “Victory of Playa Giron”, worn according to their classes, following Orders.
ARTICLE 69. According to the established in the latter article, Orders and Medals hanging on suspension and those which ribbon bar is fixed, will be attached in a line from up to down and along the bottom edge of the lapel, covering the two third parts of the first line.
The second line will be located under the first one, being the two third parts of the decorations’ body covered by the first line of decorations. A third or more lines will be displayed in the same way.
ARTICLE 70. Decorations worn in the left side of the (women’s) dress breast, will be attached horizontally from left to right and according to the established order in Article 68 of this regulation.
ARTICLE 71. Orders that do not hang on suspension will be attached according to the following order:
Order “Maximo Gomez” 1st and 2nd Class, Order “Antonio Maceo”, Order “Camilo Cienfuegos”, Order “Ernesto Che Guevara” 1st Class, Order “Mariana Grajales”, Order “Liberation War Combatant”, Order “Ernesto Che Guevara” 2nd Class and Order “Ernesto Che Guevara” 3rd Class.
ARTICLE 72. According to the established in the latter article, orders that do not hang on suspension will be attached in an up to down line starting from the lapel’s ledge and along it, being separated by 5 mm each.
ARTICLE 73. When two or more decorations of the same name and class or degree are received, they will be attached one following the other, according to the order in which they were awarded.
ARTICLE 74. Medals “Gold Star” and “Gold Star of Labor”, representing the honorific titles “Hero of the Republic of Cuba” and “Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba”, respectively, will be attached on the upper left part of the breast and over other decorations, at the lapel ledge’s height.
ARTICLE 75. All distinctions have the same hierarchy and will be attached in the left side of the breast according to the order they were awarded, and after Orders and Medals.
ARTICLE 76. According to the order of decorations established in Article 10 of Law Decree No. 30, of December 10th, 1979, ribbon bars will be attached in the left side of the breast, in metal backing or separately.
ARTICLE 77. In metal backing ribbon bars, ribbons representing awards and distinctions can be attached in rows of four, from right to left.
Ribbons which cannot be attached in a first metal backing bar, will be fixed in a second or more bars, that will be attached to the uniform, suit or dress, one under the other, one close to other, up to down, regarding the established order of precedence.
ARTICLE 78. Cuban citizens will wear foreign awards and their ribbons, after their national awards and distinctions, as the following:
a) Decorations hanging on a suspension and those that their ribbon bar is fixed, will be located in the left side of breast;
b) Decorations that do not hang on a suspension and do not have their ribbon bar fixed, will be attached on the right side of breast;
c) The ribbon bars of foreign decorations will be located after the national awards and decorations’ ones.
ABOUT THE WEAR OF BADGES AND RIBBON BARS OF AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
ARTICLE 58. Decorations and distinctions will be worn in solemn acts, congresses, meetings and sessions of the State’s supreme organs and those of political, social and mass organizations and in military parades.
ARTICLE 59. They will also be worn, because of celebration of patriotic dates, revolutionary or official acts, and specially during the following days:
a) January 1st, Anniversary of the Revolution, “Liberation’s Day”
b) February 24th,”Baire’s Cry”
c) April 16th, “Militiaman’s Day”
d) May 1st, “International Worker’s Day”
e) July 26th, “National Rebelliousness’ Day”
f) October 10th, “Demajagua’s Cry”
g) November 30th, “July 26th’ Uprising in Santiago de Cuba”
h) December 2th, “Granma’s Expeditionary Forces landing”, “Revolutionary Armed Forces Day”
ARTICLE 60. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and Ministry of Internal Affairs will also wear them in solemn acts determined by the Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces or the Minister of Internal Affairs.
ARTICLE 61. Cuban citizens awarded foreign countries’ decorations, will be able to use them in the dates and occasions indicated in the latter articles and will be adjusted to rules established in Law No. 17, of June 28, 1978 and in this regulations.
ARTICLE 62. Foreign citizens who are awarded a decoration or distinction from the Republic of Cuba, will wear them according to their own countries’ legislations.
ARTICLE 63. Awards and distinctions will be worn being dressed with the required formality, according to the date or act’s nature, preferably in suit, uniform or dress.
ARTICLE 64. The wear of awards and decorations in working clothes, shirts, robes, overalls, sport clothes, coats and capes is forbidden.
ARTICLE 65. Ribbon bars representing the badges or medals of awards and distinctions, will be worn substituting them, being dressed in the established way of Article 63.
ARTICLE 66. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and Ministry of Internal Affairs, will wear awards and distinctions, as well as their representation ribbon bars, according to the established in the dressing regulations of said organisms, adjusted to these regulations.
ARTICLE 67. Concerning order, wearing way and place which awards and distinctions will be worn, awardees will obey the following rules:
a) Orders, medals and distinctions that hang on suspension and those that have their ribbon bar fixed, will be attached on the left side of breast;
b) Orders, medals and distinctions which do not hang on suspension will be attached on the right side of the uniform, suit or dress’ breast;
c) Ribbon bars that represent awards and distinctions will be attached on the left side of breast.
ARTICLE 68. Orders and medals hanging on suspension and those which its ribbon bar is fixed, will be attached considering the following order:
a) Order “Jose Marti”, Order “Carlos Manuel de Cespedes” and Order “Playa Giron”, will have the highest level awards of the Republic of Cuba and will be worn according to the order in which they were awarded and will antecede other Orders.
b) Order “Lazaro Pena” 1st class, Order “Felix Varela” 1st class, Order “Julio Antonio Mella”, Order “Frank Pais”, Order “Ana Betancourt”, Order “Carlos J. Finlay”, Order “Juan Marinello”, Order “of Solidarity”, and Order “For Sport Merit”. All these orders will have the same hierarchy level.
c) Order “Lazaro Pena” 2nd class and Order “Felix Varela” 2nd class, will be worn following their corresponding First Class Order.
d) Order “Lazaro Pena” 3rd Class. All Third Class Orders will have the same hierarchy and will be worn following Second Class ones.
e) Medal “Antonio Maceo”, Medal “Calixto Garcia”, Medal “Ignacio Agramonte” 1st Class, Medal “Ignacio Agramonte” 2nd Class, Medal of“ The Independence”, Medal of “Emigration”, Medal “Jesus Menendez”, Medal “Combatant of the Liberation War”, Medal “Combatant of Clandestine Fight”, Medal “Abel Santamaria”, Medal “Jose Antonio Echeverria”, Medal “Ciro Redondo”, Medal “Osvaldo Herrera”, Medal “Eliseo Reyes”, Medal “Internationalist Combatant”, Medal “Combat Brotherhood”, Medal for “Frontiers’ Safeguarding”, Medal “for Interior order’s Protection”, Medal “for Bravery during Service”, Medal “Labor Feat”, Medal “of Friendship”, Medal “Romarico Cordero”, Medal “Cuban Red Cross”, Medal “Ignacio Agramonte” 3rd Class, Commemorative Medal “XX Anniversary of Revolutionary Armed Forces”, Medal “250th Anniversary of the Havana University” and Commemorative Medal “Victory of Playa Giron”, worn according to their classes, following Orders.
ARTICLE 69. According to the established in the latter article, Orders and Medals hanging on suspension and those which ribbon bar is fixed, will be attached in a line from up to down and along the bottom edge of the lapel, covering the two third parts of the first line.
The second line will be located under the first one, being the two third parts of the decorations’ body covered by the first line of decorations. A third or more lines will be displayed in the same way.
ARTICLE 70. Decorations worn in the left side of the (women’s) dress breast, will be attached horizontally from left to right and according to the established order in Article 68 of this regulation.
ARTICLE 71. Orders that do not hang on suspension will be attached according to the following order:
Order “Maximo Gomez” 1st and 2nd Class, Order “Antonio Maceo”, Order “Camilo Cienfuegos”, Order “Ernesto Che Guevara” 1st Class, Order “Mariana Grajales”, Order “Liberation War Combatant”, Order “Ernesto Che Guevara” 2nd Class and Order “Ernesto Che Guevara” 3rd Class.
ARTICLE 72. According to the established in the latter article, orders that do not hang on suspension will be attached in an up to down line starting from the lapel’s ledge and along it, being separated by 5 mm each.
ARTICLE 73. When two or more decorations of the same name and class or degree are received, they will be attached one following the other, according to the order in which they were awarded.
ARTICLE 74. Medals “Gold Star” and “Gold Star of Labor”, representing the honorific titles “Hero of the Republic of Cuba” and “Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba”, respectively, will be attached on the upper left part of the breast and over other decorations, at the lapel ledge’s height.
ARTICLE 75. All distinctions have the same hierarchy and will be attached in the left side of the breast according to the order they were awarded, and after Orders and Medals.
ARTICLE 76. According to the order of decorations established in Article 10 of Law Decree No. 30, of December 10th, 1979, ribbon bars will be attached in the left side of the breast, in metal backing or separately.
ARTICLE 77. In metal backing ribbon bars, ribbons representing awards and distinctions can be attached in rows of four, from right to left.
Ribbons which cannot be attached in a first metal backing bar, will be fixed in a second or more bars, that will be attached to the uniform, suit or dress, one under the other, one close to other, up to down, regarding the established order of precedence.
ARTICLE 78. Cuban citizens will wear foreign awards and their ribbons, after their national awards and distinctions, as the following:
a) Decorations hanging on a suspension and those that their ribbon bar is fixed, will be located in the left side of breast;
b) Decorations that do not hang on a suspension and do not have their ribbon bar fixed, will be attached on the right side of breast;
c) The ribbon bars of foreign decorations will be located after the national awards and decorations’ ones.
Everybody's equal, But some more than others!
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
