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TAIWAN ? Medal of Naval Distinguished Service in silver with 8 bronze stars (Peterson - Navy Hai Chi Merit Medal ? Hai Chi Ba Shin ? Magnus 34 , Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 32

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•  TW_32_Naval_Distinguished_Svc_silver_8_stars.JPG (108.16K)
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TAIWAN ? Medal of Naval Disposition in gold (Peterson - Navy Sailing Merit Medal ? Hai Fong Yi Shin ? Magnus 35), EF,

12/95, - Code: TW 33

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•  TW_33_Naval_Disposition_gold.jpg (80.35K)
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[Hugh]

TAIWAN ? Medal of Marine Corps w/ five gold stars (Lu Jen Wu Shin ? Magnus 36), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 34

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•  TW_34_Marine_Corps_5_stars.JPG (98.75K)
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[Hugh]

TAIWAN - Air Force Medal of Rising Roc in gold (Peterson - Peng Chu Merit Medal ? Uplifting Eagle - Pon Chu ? Magnus 38), Numbered on back: 014, Mint (Sold as AF Order of Merit (Chevalier)

Invicta Intl, Ottawa, 7/96, Code: TW 36

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•  TW_36_AF_Rising_Roc.jpg (98.27K)
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TAIWAN ? Air Force Medal of Flying Dragon (Peterson - Cloud Dragon Merit Medal ? Yun Lung ? Magnus 39), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 37

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•  TW_37_AF_Flying_Dragon.jpg (105.87K)
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[Hugh]

To the best of my knowledge, this has no connection with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) who operated in support of Chinese forces against the Japanese before US entry into World War II. Comments welcome on this and all the others. .



TAIWAN ? Air Force Flying Tiger Medal in Gold (Fei Hu - Magnus 40), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 38

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•  TW_38_AF_Flying_Tiger.jpg (101.37K)
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TAIWAN ? Air Force Medal of Winged Leopard (Peterson - Soaring Panther Medal ? Shon Bao ? Magnus 41), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 39

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•  TW_39_Winged_Leopard.jpg (94.92K)
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TAIWAN ? Air Force Rapacious Condor (Peterson - Eagle Merit Medal in silver ? Shun She? ? Magnus 42, Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 40

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•  TW_40_AF_Rapacious_Condor.jpg (90.42K)
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TAIWAN ? Air Force Vermilion Bow ( Peterson - Red Bow Merit Medal ? Dan Kun ? Magnus 43), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 41

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•  TW_41_Vermilion_Bow.jpg (108.33K)
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[Hugh]

TAIWAN ? Air Force Medal for Distinguished Service, A ? 1^st Class in gold with 3 gold stars (Peterson - Mou-Chi Merit Medal for Distinguished Service ? Mao Chi Jia Yi ? Magnus 45), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 42

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•  TW_42_AF_Distinguished_Svc_A_1st_3_star.jpg (108.48K)
  Number of downloads: 0

[Hugh]

TAIWAN - Air Force Medal of Exemplary A ? 1^st Class in Gold, w/ five gold stars (Peterson - K'ai Mo Merit Medal ? Kei Mo Jia Yi Wu Shin ? Magnus 45A), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00,? Code:TW 43

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•  TW_43_AF_Exemplary_A_1st_5_stars__2_.jpg (109.79K)
  Number of downloads: 0

[Hugh]

TAIWAN - Air Force Medal of Exemplary B ? 2nd Class in Gold (Peterson - K'ai Mo Merit Medal ? Kei Mo Ye Er Er Shin ? Magnus 45A), EF, reverse numbered 0564, Chinese inscription

Gift of Shane Liu, 6/96 - Code: TW 44

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•  TW_44_AF_Exemplary_B_2nd.jpg (61.06K)
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[Hugh]

TAIWAN ? Medal for Scholarship, 1^st Class, (New version? - Chi Shue Yi Ding ? Magnus 46), Chinese inscription on reverse, Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00 ? Code:TW 46

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•  TW_46_Scholarship_1st_cl.jpg (99.22K)
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[Hugh]

Believe this is the basic campaign medal for WW II.


TAIWAN ?Commemorative Medal of the War of Resistance Victory (Peterson - Anti-Aggression ? Kong Jen Shen LI ? Magnus 55), (CBI service medal) Chinese inscriptions on reverse, Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 47

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•  TW_47_War_of_Resistance_Victory.jpg (97.96K)
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[Hugh]

Here's a mystery for you. This came from the same military tailor shop as many of the preceding, but no one was able to give me a name. Any thoughts?



TAIWAN ?Unidentified Medal, blue sky, white sun, Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 48

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•  TW_47_Unident_blue_sky__white_sun.jpg (102.96K)
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[Hugh]

Combined Service Force runs the arsenals and most of the rest of the logistics system for all three forces.


TAIWAN ? Honorary Mark, United Logistics (Combined Service Force Medal ? Lian Chin Yun Yu Hui ? Magnus 62), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/05 ? Code:TW 49

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•  TW_49_Combined_Service_Force.jpg (102.69K)
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[Hugh]

This thing is huge - about 60 mm across, and 90 mm tall with the suspension!


TAIWAN ? Ministry of the Interior ? Recruiting Medal (new) -

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/05, ? Code:TW 50

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•  TW_50_Min_Interior.jpg (97.24K)
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[Hugh]

TAIWAN ? Ministry of the Interior ? Police Service Medal

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/05,

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•  TW_51_Min_Interior_Police_Svc.jpg (96.66K)
  Number of downloads: 0

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TAIWAN ? Order of Renaissance and Honor, Second Class (Peterson - Air Force Order of Rejuvenation & Honor ? Er Deng Fu Shin ? Magnus 11), Mint

Taipei (Shi Men Ding), 6/00, ? Code:TW 12

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•  TW_Renaissance_and_Honour.jpg (100.29K)
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[Hugh]

It's my recollection that this one was awarded by the Taipei County School Board (very rough translation). Anybody have more data?



TAIWAN ? Bronze Cross for Education, June 1967

Han Min, Taipei, c. 1980, Free - Code: TW 52

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•  TW_Unknown_education.jpg (98.83K)
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