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Award Name (English/Spanish) Date of creation Award criteria Hero of the Republic of Cuba Héroe de la República de Cuba: 10 December 1979 "Awarded to members of the Armed Forces and to any Cuban citizen or from friendly countries, for extraordinary merits and feats carried out in the defense of the homeland and the conquests of the Revolution or for exceptional contributions to the cause of ...
Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Medal of the City of Buenos Aires Argentina: 26 May 2003 Prize of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. For "being an emblem of the ideals of liberty". [66] [67] Commemorative Medal 50th Anniversary of the July 26th Cuba: 26 July 2003 First person awarded. [68] Labor Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea: 11 December 2006
The honorary title Hero of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Héroe de la República de Cuba) is the highest decoration awarded by the Republic of Cuba. It is equivalent to other hero titles common in the Socialist Bloc .
Medal Name Games Sport Event Gold: Ramón Fonst: 1900 Paris: Fencing: Men's épée Silver: Ramón Fonst: 1900 Paris: Fencing: Men's amateurs-masters épée
The Cuban Order of Naval Merit (First Class) was a medal of special merit. [1] The Cuban Order of Naval Merit was a state order of chivalry or merit. [2] Its medals, awarded by the Cuban government from the 1920s through the 1950s, were made by the Cuban firm Dator Plus Altra and were made of sterling silver and enamel. [3]
The Order of José Martí (Spanish: Orden José Martí) is a state honor in Cuba. The Order was named so after José Martí , the national hero of Cuba. The design was realized by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra.
The first recipient was the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who travelled to Cuba to receive the award on 26 July 1961, the Day of the National Rebellion, from President Osvaldo Dorticos, just over three months after becoming the first human in space. [3] All recipients of the Hero of the Republic of Cuba also receive the Order of Playa Girón. [4]