Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20th November 2019

Lot 239

Spain: campaign medal for Cuba

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £400

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Description

Spain: campaign medal for Cuba, 1895-98, bronze and flanked by laurel wreaths, 37.4 mm, gilt crown suspension, three plain bars (indicating years of service), for participant from the army and navy, extremely fine; another, no bars, good very fine; an unusual uniface example, the obverse design visible in the reverse, very fine; the Volunteer Medal for Cuba, 1895-98, near very fine; and the medal for Volunteers of the Principality of Asturias, white metal, 21.9 mm, conferred by the authorities of Asturias on the volunteers who sailed for Cuba from the port of El-Musel, Gijón, 1896, good very fine. [5]