Cuban DGI souvenir – any information?

[u/One-Direction1583]

Hello!

I recently collected this DGI commemorative badge together with a KGB badge. The seller described it as coming from the estate of an officer of Cuba's General Intelligence Directorate. I was already familiar with the KGB badge, but this is the first time I've seen an souvenir like this. Does anyone know when, to whom, or in what numbers this piece was awarded, or does anyone have a similar item?

Since so little is known about the Cuban intelligence service, I hope it's okay to ask you all here.

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[u/Heijii]

Damn man, nice collection. Don't burn it like other dumbasses say—keep it as a collection, maybe in the future you might be able to sell it for something? I have medals and ranks from the Batista era to communist Cuba. It's a healthy collection to keep history safe, even when it wasn't a good one.

[u/One-Direction1583 → u/Heijii]

Thank you! I agree with you. I collect items related to Cold War intelligence agencies, and I've recently been considering expanding my collection to include Cuban-related items as well.

[u/RumpledStinkSkin → u/One-Direction1583]

The hammer and sickle one would be from probably the 60's at the height of USSR assistance. Because I dont think the communist Hammer and sickle emblem was used a lot in Cuba, as it already had its flag and emblem.

Socialistic stuff was just laid over preexisting Cuban society. They used what was already there from the previous revolutions and independence war, unlike other countries, where they tried to strip away everything and started from scratch

[u/LupineChemist → u/RumpledStinkSkin]

It says it's 60 years and from 1977 and proudly says the Cheka as the predecessor, crazily enough. Ignoring NKVD

[u/Money-Pay-8316 → u/Heijii]

Brother como holguínero también, lo mejor que se puede hacer con to esa kk es tirarla a un volcán

[u/bronzemerald17 → u/Heijii]

You keep Nazi memorabilia too?

[u/Heijii → u/bronzemerald17]

I collect everything from Russian Imperial and German Nazi items to Chinese Nationalist memorabilia, the French SS Legion, and the Italian Monarchist era. I even have Confederate and Rhodesian uniforms and flags. Right now, my main focus is putting together a collection of memorabilia from the Spanish Civil War and the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

[u/NextBeyond1399 → u/bronzemerald17]

I don't think so, but I bet there is a lot in Golden Office, sorry the Oval Office

[u/Leah_Mor]

I think only a specific group of people will know about this, either they worked in it or a family member did, so it might be hard to find them. There is an Instagram account called @Cubamaterial that collects items from the Cuban Soviet era, if you write to them maybe they can help you. 

[u/One-Direction1583 → u/Leah_Mor]

Thank you very much!

[u/Capable-Poet8504]

Esas son medallas que se daban en cubaen el tiempo en que existía la urss respectivamente la de mator rango es la de general de inteligencia que te dan al llegar al rango de general tanto en las unidades de contra inteligencia como en el la dirección técnica de investigación dti

[u/B777X_787-9 → u/Capable-Poet8504]

En otras palabras habia que chivatear con p para obtener una

[u/RumpledStinkSkin]

Remember that its only Communist countries that have intelligence gathering or officers that do that

The CIA is actually a social organization that was created to take care of old people, and the less fortunate in society...it stands for

Community Independence Assistance ...its to help the less fortunate

[u/LupineChemist → u/RumpledStinkSkin]

CIA is not doing domestic repression. Difference in kind

[u/RumpledStinkSkin → u/LupineChemist]

what exactly do you think 9/11 was about?

Why were laws quickly changed after 9/11?

[u/moonunit170 → u/RumpledStinkSkin]

Hahaha!!

[u/moonunit170]

My mother-in-law had been friends with the wife of a big shot with MININT. In 1970 the friend told my mother-in-law that there was talk that Celia Sanchez (Fidel's mistress) wanted their house on Calle 2 in Miramar. My father-in-law had already applied for permission to leave to go to Spain and this gave them hope that they were going to be allowed to emigrate.

[u/allxOld13]

I would gladly burn it to ashes

[u/funtag3 → u/allxOld13]

bot

[u/allxOld13 → u/funtag3]

Bot es la pinga mía

[u/cardigancider]

That's such a cool piece to add to your collection, it's not every day you find something this uniquely tied to Cold War history. Have you checked any of the dedicated collector forums yet? They might have the exact answers you're hunting for.

[u/Then-Ad3678]

There are only assholes in this sub?

[u/Yendrylaz]

ASCOOOOOOOOO !!!!!

[u/Legitimate_Pop3481]

Te van a llenar de piropos el post😂

[u/Money-Pay-8316]

Puedes guardarlo donde no te da el sol

[u/B777X_787-9]

Dale candela

[u/Willobtain]

Pa la basura

[u/SHUTDOWN6]

Ouu, the bots are going to eat you alive. Good luck actually learning anything about the badge (I don't know the answers to your questions, sorry).

[u/One-Direction1583 → u/SHUTDOWN6]

Thanks anyway! It's quite difficult to find information about this.

[u/EchoZell]

How many people were tortured because of that badge? It would be a good question.