taras Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 What will you get after crossing a flower with a lion? A bird, of course! One flower (principality of Lippe) plus one lion (Czechoslovakia)... ... equals one quetzal (Guatemala) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Such an interesting topic. Thanks to all of you who posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 On 10.12.2016 at 19:17, BalkanCollector said: Such an interesting topic. Thanks to all of you who posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Nice bows)). It seems that 100-150 years ago they used to be very trendy in both Maghreb and Far East (Tunisia - Japan, Satsuma-Ryukyu) So, Happy New Year to All))) Edited December 31, 2016 by taras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Order of Friendship of Peoples/Order of Friendship Soviet Union - Russian Federation (1992-1994) - Belarus - Russian Federation (since 1994) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Stars and maps again: Yugoslavia - Bulgaria - Alaska - Guam - Djibouti - Burkina-Faso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Returning to #223: Liberia - Kuwait - European Olympic Committees (Order of Merit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 French Indochina style: Cambodia - Annam. And just for comparison - the unofficial French award: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 France - Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) the USSR-Order of Red Labour Flag Czechoslovakia-Order of Republic the GDR-Burma and Czechoslovak badges of Partisan units Jermak and Unit of Stepanov Edited May 4, 2017 by nickstrenk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Crimea badges 3rd Empire/3te Reich/ and Slovak Republic 1939-45-Fast Division-Rýchla divízia. Already I am not an owner the rare Slovak badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 On 09.02.2016 at 12:58, taras said: The badge of the guards units (initially established in the Soviet Union in 1942). 1st row: USSR - modern Russia (three types) 2nd row: Belarus - Kazakhstan - Tajikistan (the National guard and the football club) 3rd row: Russian-sponsored unrecognized "republics" (Transnistria, Donetsk, Abkhazia) - communist Cuba In addition: Soviet Union - North Korea - Ukraine (the obsolete badge; the "georgian ribbon" on the wreath is about to be officially forbidden in Ukraine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 It used to be an ordinary Soviet military badge. But (after a slight plastic surgery) it has become the highest South Yemeni award. What a great success story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 And here's an example of the opposite transformation - from a foreign (Laotian) order into a Soviet badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Burma - Yugoslavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 War Cross Czechoslovakia - Memorial Cross Slovak Republic 1939-1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 May I make this Ethiopian addition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 UK Military Cross and Republic of Malawi Cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The Maltese cross is also very reminiscent of the UK George Cross which was presented to the island's population for their heroism during WW II. UK George Cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Guards badges #3 USSR - Kyrgyzstan - Yugoslavia - "Donetsk people's republic" - Don Cossacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Germany, Wuerttemberg - Greece (both pictures were taken from eMedals) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Germany, Hesse-Darmstadt - Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Taiwan (ROC) - Panama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Kenya - Ethiopia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Look at the ribbons-awards are different but the branchlets very similar. St.George Cross Imperial Russia -Madagascar Medal France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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