Order "Ana Betancourt".

[stogieman]

Cased example. Can anyone add what this one was for?? Thanks!

[Taz]

Just this little piece of info at the moment.

Awarded for outstanding contributions to independence and peace in Cuba.

Eddie.

[stogieman]

Thanks Eddie, appreciate the tidbit!! This one is quite beautiful.

[Taz]

Originally Posted by stogieman

Thanks Eddie, appreciate the tidbit!! This one is quite beautiful.

Yes,
very nice indeed, and i'm sure as it is for me the first close up photo many have seen of this award. :)

Regards Eddie.

[Rick Research]

Oddly enough, that is not enamel-- it is PAINT. :cool:

Too bad for future research purposes-- no Soviet-style serial number!!!!

[Taz]

Here is a pic of the reverse showing the Cuban coat of arms.
This Order is a female award and is conferred to Cuban female citizens for merit deserved for their undisputed fidelity to the revolutionary and internationalist ideals and extraordinary activity in creative work, defense and research, as well as to foreign female citizens who distinguish themselves in defense of revolutionary ideals, anti-imperialist struggle and for the liberation and independence of the people, or whose labor in any field significantly contributes to the importance of their nation and whose solidarity spirit has crossed international boundaries.

Two different variations of the reverse
Pic Co Megan

[Taz]

Decreto. Ley #30

Awarded to Cuban female citizens for relevant merits acquired because of their unbreakable loyalty to revolutionary and internationalist principles and extraordinary attitude in creative labour, defence and study, and to foreign female citizens who outstand in defence of the revolutionary and internationalist principles, anti-imperialist struggle and liberation and independence of the peoples, or to which relevant actions in any field mean an important contribution to their people, and that their solidarity spirit had reached international fame.

[medals73]

Another example.

[Taz]

Ana Betancourt (December 14, 1832 Camagüey, Cuba – February 7, 1901 Madrid, Spain)

She took a leading role in the war of independence from Spain and is a national heroine in Cuba.
The first Cuban war of independence from Spain began in 1868. Women, known as Mambisas, played a significant role in the war, as political agitators, nurses, and fighters. Ana Betancourt, was from a wealthy landholding family and was one of the first to argue for women in Cuban. She was married to the patriot Ignacio Mora de la Pera. In 1869, she addressed the Constitutional Assembly of Cuban patriots at Guáimaro in which she linked female emancipation to the abolition of slavery and the struggle against colonialism. Although unused to hardship she lived in the forest with the revolutionaries.
On July 9th, 1871, she and her husband were taken by surprise by the Spanish forces and captured. She was sentenced to exile in Spain where she lived the rest of her life never seeing de la Pera again. She continued to support the cause of Cuban independence from her exile.
At the age of 69 in 1901 she was about to return to her native country but contracted fulminating bronchopneumonia and died before she could begin her journey. Her remains were buried in Spain until 1968. In that year they were set in the pantheon of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, in the Cemetery Colón in Havana.
She is commemorated in the modern Republic of Cuba by the Order of Anna Betancourt medal, awarded to Cuban women who “demonstrate revolutionary and internationalist merit and anti-imperialist fidelity and/or great merit in a field of work that contributes to the national interest.” Originally this was the highest award of the Federation of Cuban Women, and the order was officially sanctioned in 1979 as a state award.
The Cuban Ana Betancourt schools for rural girls are named in her honour.