Cuba, Republic. An Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic featuring the badge presenting a

featuring the badge presenting a white enamelled five point star with ball finials and wreath segments in each quadrant

The sweatband is constructed of black leather with a threaded brown bow at the inside rear

The former are constructed of dark grey wool bases with buckram cores and bear dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

and would serve with her for the next thirty months and was promoted to Leading Seaman on February 24

While the Order's purposes were mostly fraternal by this point

Cuba, Republic. An Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic featuring the badge presenting a(Orden del Merito Naval o Militar por Servicios Distinguidos 3a Clase) Order of Naval or Military Merit III Class for Special Services, in the form of a green enamel Maltese cross with ball finials between the arms, superimposed on a green enamelled laurel wreath with red enamel berries and suspended from an open green enamel wreath by a ring, missing its green ribbon, the blue enamel centre medallion bearing the intertwined letters MM and encircled