Souvenir keychain (llavero), emblem of the joint Cuban-Soviet space flight (Intercosmos / Soyuz-38)

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Souvenir keychain (llavero), emblem of the joint Cuban-Soviet space flight (Intercosmos / Soyuz-38)

Entry/Object ID

2025.14.3

Description

Gold-tone (gilt base-metal) keychain comprising a sprung key shackle/clasp, a short curb chain, and a circular enameled medallion pendant. The medallion's face carries a champlevé-style enamel emblem: a red five-pointed star set against a gold ground, overlaid/flanked by a green (teal) stylized logogram — a curved hook at lower left, a vertical bar, and a sweeping baseline that together read as a modernist institutional or event monogram (the emblem of the Cuban-Soviet space flight). The reverse is finished with an all-over cross-hatched texture and impressed "HECHO EN CUBA."

Use

Daysi García López kept it at home with other of her works.

Collection

Vuelo Espacial Conjunto Cubano-Soviético, Daysi García López collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.14

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1980

Time Period

1970s, 1980s

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Commissioned by the Departamento de Orientación Revolucionaria (DOR) Date: Circa 1980 — commemorating the September 1980 flight; production year unconfirmed but tied to the 1980 event.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Front enamel emblem = symbol of the vuelo espacial conjunto cubano-soviético; reverse impressed "HECHO EN CUBA."

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

Materials: Gilt base metal (medallion, chain, clasp); colored vitreous or cold enamel (red, green) inlay. Technique: Stamped/cast metal medallion with champlevé-style filled enamel; cross-hatched textured reverse with impressed country mark; assembled with jump rings, curb chain, and a sprung key shackle.

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Daysi García López

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

preservation

Related Events

Event

Vuelo Espacial Conjunto Cubano-Soviético

Research Notes

Notes

Emblem identified as the mark of the first joint Cuban-Soviet crewed spaceflight (Soyuz-38, 18–26 Sept 1980; commander Yuri Romanenko and Cuban cosmonaut-researcher Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban, first Latin American, and first person of African descent in space; 7th Intercosmos mission).

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

September 26, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026