the Orden Julio Antonio Mella is named in honour of the student leader and founder of the Cuban Communist Party
1945 and awarded for 300 flight hours or 100 missions
and bears an illegible black ink mark stamped onto the crown
measuring 390 mm (w) x 190 mm (h)
since every document gives a different month
Germany, Third Reich; Finland, Republic. A Lot of Glider Proficiency Badges visually-hidden the Orden Julio Antonio Mella(Segelfliegerabzeichen). A mixed lot of Glider Proficiency Badges, including: 1. One German issue (DLV) Class B badge, constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the reverse with a boutonniere style attachment, unmarked, measuring 15 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition. 2. A Finnish Class B badge, constructed of silvered bronze with mutli coloured enamels, the reverse with a threaded lug retaining an original nut bearing a