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I recommend the newly designed website of the Grand Chancellery of National Orders of the Republic of Cameroon. The national orders and the medals of the Republic are presented in the form of the law of 25 April 2019 (Loi N°2019/007 du 25 avril 2019). A lot of information clearly presented. https://www.gcon.cm/index.php/en/

The Medal of National Merit was established on 31.05.1983 (Ordinance No. 83-057/PR). ORDERED Article 1: A National Merit Medal is created to reward the services of officials of the National Security Force. Article 2: A Star for Acts of Courage and Dedication is created to reward outstanding acts, individual or collective, accomplished by officers and agents of the National Security Force, during security operations, maintenance of order or of war. Article 3: A Medal of Honor of the National Security Force is created to reward the personnel of this Corps who have served for at least fifteen years with loyalty and fidelity. Article 4: The particular texts, fixing the conditions of attribution, promotion, handing-over and exclusion of these decorations, appear in annex of the present ordinance. Article 5: This ordinance, which will be executed as State law, will be published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Djibouti. Djibouti, May 31, 1983 The president of the Republic Hassan Gouled Aptidon NATIONAL MERIT MEDAL CHAPTER I: ORGANIZATION Article 1: The Medal of National Merit is intended to reward the personnel of the National Security Force whose action in the service of the country has been remarkable, who have been cited at the order of the Republic, or who have been injured in the law enforcement or war stock prices. Article 2: The Medal of Merit constitutes a National Order. This Order is made up of: - Knights - Officers - Grand Officers. Article 3: The President of the Republic, Supreme Head of the National Security Force, is Grand Officer by right of the National Merit Medal and is the only one to be elevated to this rank. As such, he rules in the last resort on all questions concerning the Order. He retains this rank, on an honorary basis, when he no longer exercises the supreme magistracy. Article 4: The Medal of National Merit is awarded annually by decree of the President of the Republic, who decides on the sight of a table presented jointly by the Minister of the Interior and the Council of the Order. CHAPTER II: THE COUNCIL OF THE ORDER Article 5: The Council of the Order is chaired by the Chef de Corps of the FNS It is composed of three commanders or captains and two representatives of the officers, all appointed by decision of the President of the Republic. He is in charge of the development of the table of appointment or advancement as well as the discipline of the members of the Order. Article 6: The members of the Council of the Order cease their functions as soon as they are allowed to assert their rights to a retirement pension. CHAPTER III: ADMISSION - APPOINTMENT - PROMOTION Article 7: Admission and advancement in the Order of the Medal of National Merit are pronounced within the limit of the quota set by the President of the Republic for a period of four years. Article 8: No one can be named in the Order of the Medal of National Merit if he does not serve, or has served, in the Corps of the National Security Force. Article 9: No one may be directly promoted to Officer in the Order after July 1, 1985. CHAPTER IV: NORMAL PROPOSALS Article 10: To be able to appear on the annual competition table, the seniority conditions are as follows: - For the rank of Knight: fifteen years of effective service within the Corps; - For the rank of Officer: five years in the rank of Knight. In addition to these conditions of seniority of service, the candidates must be particularly well noted, and never have incurred a criminal conviction, nor more than 30 days of rigorous arrest or 90 days of arrest in the five years preceding the year of the proposal. CHAPTER V: EXCEPTIONAL PROPOSALS Article 11: The Minister of the Interior is empowered to confer, either directly or by delegation, the Medal of National Merit to any official of the FNS, seriously injured in the performance of his duty, whose life would be immediately in danger. , and found worthy of receiving this distinction. The regularization of this decision will take place as soon as possible by decree taken by the Council of Ministers. This text must contain the reasons and circumstances that led to this measure. CHAPTER VI: DEROGATORY PROVISIONS Article 12: Until July 1, 1985 the conditions of seniority provided for in Article 10 may not be fulfilled by the candidates. The competition list will however be drawn up, and the procedure defined by Articles 7 to 9 and 13 to 17 will be respected. CHAPTER VII: MODALITIES OF APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION Article 13: Each year, a ministerial circular emanating from the Minister of the Interior fixes the particular conditions of proposal (Ratings - services to be taken into consideration, etc.). Article 14: Upon receipt of the circular cited in Article 13, the heads of detachments and services draw up a classification statement of their candidates, which they send to the Commanding Officer by March 1st. Article 15: The Chef de Corps gathers all the statements that he submits to the Council of the Order, meeting in extraordinary session. The competition table is then drawn up and sent to the Minister of the Interior. Article 16: The Minister of the Interior expresses his opinion regarding each candidacy and presents the table to the President of the Republic. CHAPTER VIII: RECEPTION IN ORDER AND CEREMONIAL Article 18: No one is a member of the Order of the Medal of National Merit before the insignia of his rank have been awarded. No one may wear, before his reception, either the insignia, the ribbons or the rosettes of the rank to which he has been appointed, promoted or elevated. Article 19: The insignia of the rank of Knight is given by the Commanding Officer. The insignia of Officer is awarded by the Minister of the Interior. The presentation of the insignia takes place in front of the front of the troops, on July 1 of each year. Article 20: For the rank of Knight, the authority which proceeds to the delivery will pronounce the following words: "Grade....Name.... , for the quality of the services you render to our Nation, the President of the Republic appoints you Knight of the Medal of National Merit, and has personally instructed me to give you this decoration. ." He hands her the badge and gives her the hug. Article 21: For the rank of Officer, the following formula will be pronounced: "Rank....Name....you serve our country with honour, fidelity and loyalty. As a reward for your dedication, I make you an Officer of the Medal of National Merit." He hands her the badge and gives her the hug. CHAPTER IX: CERTIFICATES AND BADGES Article 22: At the end of the award ceremony, a diploma is sent, by the secretariat of the Minister of the Interior, to all the recipients. This diploma, bearing the emblems of the Republic, is initialed by the Minister of the Interior and the Chef de Corps for the knights; by the President of the Republic and the Minister of the Interior for Officers. Article 22: The insignia of the Medal of National Merit is worn immediately after the National Order of the Great Star of Djibouti, and before any other Djiboutian or foreign decoration. Article 24: The insignia of the Medal of National Merit is a round medal, 4 centimeters in diameter, and of uniform old silver color. In its center is engraved a regular star with five branches, point upwards, enclosed in a circle of 14 millimeters in radius. From the upper point comes a regular radiation of 13 rays, not apparent on the star. Two daggers of Akel crossed point downwards are engraved in the center of the star. On the peripheral part of the medal, 6 millimeters wide, are engraved, top: Republic of Djibouti; bottom: Ministry of the Interior. On the reverse it is engraved, above and in a semi-circle, the motto "Fort et Juste"; in the middle: "National Merit"; and below in a semi-circle: Knight or Officer, as the case may be. This insignia is worn on the left side of the chest, attached by a tricolor moire ribbon 36 millimeters wide. This ribbon is in the national colors blue, white, green, each vertical stripe measuring 12 millimeters wide. The Officer's ribbon has a rosette. Article 25: The insignia of Grand Officer is worn on the right side of the chest. It differs from the insignia of Knight and Officer by its size of 90 millimeters in diameter, and by the fact that the star is enamelled gold, the daggers remaining old silver. Article 26: In ceremonial uniform, in official costume, the National Merit Medal is worn as described in Articles 24 and 25. In current uniform, the Medal of National Merit is worn as a bar, that is to say in the form of a rectangle of the ribbon of the decoration, one centimeter in height, and wearing or not the rosette, according to rank in the Order. The Grand Officers insert gold half-knots between the bar and the rosette. The ribbons and rosettes alone are worn on the town dress in the buttonhole: ribbon for the knights, rosette for the officers, rosette on a gold knot for the great officers. CHAPTER X: DISCIPLINE Article 27: The sanctions of the disciplinary procedure provided for the National Order of the Great Star of Djibouti are applicable to the members of the Order of the Medal of National Merit. Article 28: As soon as a member of the FNS, decorated with the Medal of National Merit, fails in honor, the Council of the Order meets within a week and addresses the President of the Republic, through the channel of the Minister of the Interior, a report in which he proposes his sanction. Article 29: The President of the Republic pronounces his decision by decree. CHAPTER XI: ORDER ADMINISTRATION Article 30: The administration of the Order of the Medal of National Merit is the responsibility of the Grand Chancellery of the National Order of the Great Star of Djibouti. CHAPTER XII: ATTRIBUTION TO FOREIGNERS Article 31: The Medal of National Merit may be awarded to foreign officials who have served, or are serving, within the National Security Force, and who, for the quality of their assistance, are entitled to recognition by this Corps. Article 32: A special annual quota is set by the Minister of the Interior for a period of two years. Article 33: The delivery of insignia is carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 19, or by any authority hierarchically superior to the Commanding Officer. This surrender may also take place during a parade of arms presided over by an authority hierarchically superior to the Commanding Officer.

The Star of Devotion is a Djiboutian military order created by President Hassan Gouled Aptidon in March 1978 to reward non-officer military personnel who have served with honour, loyalty and fidelity the Republic of Djibouti; received one or more war wounds during war or security operations or who have been mentioned in the orders of the Republic. The Star of Devotion is awarded annually by decree of the President of the Republic, who makes a sovereign decision on the basis of a list of candidates presented to him by the Minister of Defence after preparation by the Military Council. The Order is only composed of knights and officers, there are no commanders and only the President of the Republic holds the dignity of Grand Officer.

The mentioned cross should be the CISM Order of Merit. Please have a look here: https://www.milsport.one/medias/fdvprfiles.php?d=ZmljaGllcnM=&f=MTNfQ0lTTV9PcmRlcl9vZl9NZXJpdC5wZGY=&s=00f997a5ee6bf21ea82aa221ebebfbb5 Regards Karhu

Here is a better picture of the Order of Merit of Sports & Youth (Ordre du Merite de la Jeunesse et des Sports) with clasp "Promoteur".

The Order of Reconciliation was created on 28 January 2019 by the Decree № 19.220 of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra on the occasion of the signing of the "Peace and Reconciliation Agreement in the Central African Republic" in Khartoum (Sudan) . French Wikipedia provides further information: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_de_la_Réconciliation_de_la_République_centrafricaine Regards Karhu

The following National Order of Merit was awarded to the Algerian writer Abdelhamid ben Hadouga in 2017 (posthumous). Please note the different medal ribbon.

The Al Athir was awarded to the chinese Nobel prize winner Mo Yan in 2018. Mo Yan won the Nobel prize for literature in 2012.

My suggestion, 1st Ribbon: Rwanda, Order of the Thousand Hills, Commander 2nd Ribbon: France, Order of Agricultural Merit, Commander Best regards Karhu

Interesting thread. Thank you. Herman, could you please show a photo of the whole medal bar? Thanks in advance.

It seems to be the Order of Merit of the Republic of Niger, Officer's grade. For comparison: http://www.semon.fr/DECORATIONS_NIGER.htm

Picture of Colonel Mushegh Ghazaryan who is the current director of Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia. Awards: -RA MoD badge- “Participant of 1992-1994 military operations”(1996) - medal of RA President “Military Service”(1997) -medal “Armenia’s Yerkrapah” from chairman of YVU (2002) -RA MoD medal “Vazgen Sargsyan” (2004) -NKR medal “Maternity”, “Mother's Gratitude” (2006) -badge “Vazgen Sargsyan” (2007) -RA MoD medal “Garegin Nzhdeh” (2008) - “ UNESCO” Cooperation medal (2008) -RA MES 3rd class medal “For Impeccable Service” (2010) -RA MoD jubilee Medal “ RA MF 20years” (2012) -medal “ For Military Service” from NKR President (2012) -RA Police 1st class badge “For excellent service in Police forces” (2012) -RA MES medal “RA MES honorable employee” (2012) - Fridtjof Nansen Foundation of Armenia, medal "Fridtjof Nansen" (2013) - Yerevan Mayor medal “yerevan city honorable rescuer” (2013) - RA NA Medal of Honor (2013) -NKR MoD medal “ Defence Army” (2014) -from YVU chairman badge “Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan” (2014) - from YVU chairman of department medal “5th Brigade” (2014) - from Yervan Mayor Mayor's gold medal (2014) - from the Union of Freedom Fighters of Artsakh, the medal “Defender of the Fatherland” (2014) Source: http://www.mes.am/en/rs-management

By Decree of the Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia N105N, dated on October 14, 2011, have been established the procedures and forms of defining and awarding the medals and badges of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Medals and badges awarded by the Minister of Emergency Situations are: 1) Medal “Glory Cross Noah”. 2) Medal “Collaboration for salvation”. 3) Medal “For impeccable service”. 4) Medal “Best firefighter- rescuer”. 5) Medal “Valiant Rescuer”. 6) Medal “Honorable employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia”. 7) Medal “Prevention, Assistance, Salvation”. 8) Medal “Veteran of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia”. 9) Badges “International class rescuer”, “Rescuer first class”, Rescuer second class”, “Rescuer third class”. Below please find a link to an official document of the Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia: www.mes.am/files/docs/1091.doc

As mentioned before, the source is Wikipedia. It goes without saying that information on Wikipedia should be treated with caution. Here is the corresponding link: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d'ordres_civils_et_militaires Thanks for the correction!