Belonged to Manuel Martínez Delgado, a Math teacher.

2025.6

Mirta Suquet

Gift

Date: No date appears on the object. It is a post-1959 revolutionary-era educational emulation award, stylistically and contextually consistent with the 1970s–1980s and most plausibly within 1959–1990; however, no exact date is marked and comparable awards continued to be produced later, so a date after 1990 cannot be fully excluded. Place of Origin: Cuba — associated with Pinar del Río province (the provincial level of the award). Place of manufacture not marked.

Top bar: "MOVIMIENTO POR CLASES DE ALTA CALIDAD" Pendant disc: "DESTACADO" (upper arc); "PINAR DEL RIO" (lower arc); central left-facing profile portrait of José Martí.

Metal

Materials: Gilt metal (gold-toned — gilded brass or gold-plated base metal, unconfirmed) with red enamel (or enamel-like fill). Technique: Stamped/cast metal with recessed-relief lettering and portrait; red enamel ground; bar and pendant joined by a suspension loop. A pin/brooch fitting is presumed on the reverse but is not visible.

Good

Iconography: the profile is José Martí — national hero and revered teacher-figure ("Apostle") — routinely invoked on Cuban educational honors.