April 26, 2024
CARLOS ROLOFF CUBAN GENERAL SPANISH – AMERICAN WAR POLISH POLAND MEDAL bronze
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PLEASE SEE MORE RARE COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS LISTED ON MY EBAY STORE ( IN WWII MEDALS, AUSCHWITZ HOLOCAUST GETTO, WWII LARGE MEDALS, ARMY COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WARSAW PACT MEDALS) This medal has been minted to commemorate the general Carlos Roloff av. The portrait of Gen. Karol Roloff Miałowski ( Carlos Roloff ) rv. The panorama of Cuba diameter - 70 mm weight – about 130gr. metal – bronze metal Carlos Roloff (Karol Rolow-Miałowski or Carlos Roloff Mialofsky) (August 26 or November 4, 1842 – May 17, 1907) was a Cuban general and liberation activist, fighting against Spain in the Ten Years' War and the Spanish–American War . Carlos was born in Warsaw ( Russian Empire ) in a Polish family. Due to his father's role in the November uprising , the family moved to Königsberg , where Karol was attending trade and military schools. After his father's death in 1862, the family moved to the USA. Carlos served in the Union Army during the American Civil War in the 9th Ohio Infantry regiment and was an officer when the war was over. After the war he worked as a clerk in a sugar trade company and this lead him to Cuba. From the beginning of his stay in Cuba, he was an active member of the local community. Through the "El Progresso" Club, the masonic lodge "San Juan" and professional contacts he was well known to local VIPs. Therefore, in
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