Medalla por la lucha contra los bandidos

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komsomol
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Medalla por la lucha contra los bandidos

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New in stock.. it seems that regular flows of medal go towards Spain.
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Great! First Cuban medal on the forum! [264

The suspension look incredibly East German..
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Re: Medalla por la lucha contra los bandidos

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A good looking medal, after all. But...it seems that the colours of the ribbon do not match with those printed in the booklet [137

I presume that this is a medal for the partecipation in operations against smugglers and this kind of criminals. I really do not know what other kind of "bandidos" were in Cuba in 1991...
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The medal refers to the campaign led by pro-Fidel forces in 1959-1965 against splinters of the original anti-Batista movement, remaining Batista forces and disaffected farmer, with some CIA suppor. The insurgents were located on the Escambray mountains.

It is not renown, but the campaign was very extensive, at time involving more troops than the ones deployed against the Batista Government and very bloody. Many Government forces perished and few of the originals rebel survived battles or firing squads. Cuba is still filled with memorials and plaques for those who died in the fight against the "bandits".
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Hello, thank you very much for the historical explanation. About the ribon, I checked in the only reference book, and it seems that the document isn't correct... so could it be the book in tiself? Cuba is such a unfrequented subject...
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