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    ARAB MEDALS -- Libya


    Ed_Haynes

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    There is an immense (and I do mean IMMENSE) lack of reliable information on Libyan awards. Any and all identifications should be seen as tentative. Repeated promised of information have, so far, come up empty. Guess one just has to ask Colonel-Brother in person?

    Some online sources, none of them very good:

    http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/libya.html

    http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=521

    http://www.medals.org.uk/libya/libya.htm

    http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/cintasaf.htm and scroll down to "LIBIA"

    http://www.netdialogue.com/yy/Africa/Lybia/Lybia.htm

    http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Libya/libya.htm

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    There is an immense (and I do mean IMMENSE) lack of reliable information on Libyan awards. Any and all identifications should be seen as tentative. Repeated promised of information have, so far, come up empty. Guess one just has to ask Colonel-Brother in person?

    He has been promoted (er..., I meant promoted himself) to Major-General. No wonder that with such a lack of respect your requests remain unanswered!!!

    L.

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    He has been promoted (er..., I meant promoted himself) to Major-General. No wonder that with such a lack of respect your requests remain unanswered!!!

    L.

    Yes, I know, but for those around him, it is still "Colonel" -- modesty!

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    These were sent to me by James Miller, the master goldsmith who made them! He says that he made it about 1980 and it was all hand-made - the order was for 14 sets of the insignia and the short timescale meant that there was no time to prepare steel dies!

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    Yes, I know, but for those around him, it is still "Colonel" -- modesty!

    One of the funniest things I ever witnessed in my 22 years in the Air Force. We were conducting operations off the coast of Libya back when Libya was a "big bad guy," in American foreign policy.

    Our Colonel wanted us to do something really dangerous and stupid. He kept arguing with the pilot about the mission. He finally said, "Damnit Capitain, I'm a Colonel, you're a Capitain, is there something you don't understand about this equation?" The Capitain answered, "With all due respect Sir, Qadaffi is a Colonel too."

    Exit left red-faced Colonel and Capitain. Not sure what happened in the hallway, but we did do the mission the capitain's way. :lol:

    Paul

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    Thank you Megan--These are most likely Bichay of Cairo made pieces with reverses similar to the style of Egyptian royal Nile order insignia. Often the center will have an Arabic Bichay mark and sometimes Egyptian silver fineness marks appear on the reverse badge body. I have not seen the flat dull green enamel type (the neck badge) before-- the brighter hue with metal work visable underneath is more typical. I

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    Order with inscription in the centre "وسام أحمد طه الصالح" (Order Ahmad Takha al-Salikh).

    Diameter 84 mm. There are two marks on the reverse: "800" and "867". Manufactured by Bomisa (Milan).

    Any additional info about this?

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