Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who is the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and became the first president of the Philippines and of an Asian constitutional republic. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901).
Aguinaldo in 1919
Aguinaldo in military uniform
Aguinaldo as a Generalissimo, Commander-In-Chief of all Philippine Forces.
Aguinaldo with the other revolutionaries on the Pact of Biak-na-Bato
The Quezon Service Cross is the highest national recognition of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to only a handful of Filipinos since its creation in 1946.
Quezon Service Cross diagram
Quezon Service Cross given to Jesse Robredo in 2012
Image: Carlos P. Romulo
Image: Emilio Aguinaldo ca. 1919 (Restored)