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I was asked to design six new Orders, to replace the pre-2008 system of awards. These Orders were then phased in for the coronation of August 2008 and the subsequent Honours List for 2009 with the final two Orders in process in 2011-2012. Also included is the Gallantry Cross, civil and military, a DSC and other medals as well as new effigies for the existing TDF medals - the MSM, GSM, LSGC. The Orders approved by the late king are: Order of Queen Salote III. Order of the Crown. Military Order of St. George. Household Order. Diplomatic Order. Order of Oceania. A Royal Family Order - for royal ladies - was inaugurated. Images for most of these Orders I provided to Christopher Buyers for his royal ark.net website. King George also wanted an Order to symbolize the "rebirth" of Tonga after the 2006 riots and for this we designed the Order of the Phoenix. However, the late king rejected the design with an orange sash and the later prototype. Three levels of medals were also attached to the third and fourth Orders - St George and Household Orders. Financial criteria impacted phasing in the entire program for the Coronation in 2008 - so we phased them in over five years. The fifth and sixth Orders - one Grand Cross of each was delivered to Nuku'alofa in 2011 of which the Oceania was later sent to Fiji to be presented to a VIP there. As I recall we minted about 1,500 Coronation Medals in 2008. I hope this is useful.

King George Tupou V established another new order in Tonga during 2008. happy to provide details as I designed all the new Orders and Medals in 2008-2009 for King George. worthinternationaloffice@gmail.com Philip Eagleton King George Tupou V instructed to me in January 2008 that all of the Orders prior to that year were to be "ditched" and an entire new system of honors inaugurated which is what I did both for his coronation that year and subsequently.