g_deploige Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) Bellow the gold medal of the order of the African Star with palm first World WarI bought this star a few years ago in Paris, On the front we see that initial it was the madal of the order of the crown, where the crown is taken away and a star is put in the place. se photosRemark ; this is NOT a copy, but probebly made during the 1st WW in france, beaucause the bigest part of Belgium was occupied by the germans. Edited March 15, 2006 by g_deploige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Compare the medal of the Order of the African star with this of the Order of The Crown with those above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 (edited) Wonderfull medal...There should be more medals of this order... If you have more images.... Let 'em come!!!I would have doubted about buying this medal of the African Star...It just looked like it had been spoilt... A little upgrade from the order of the crown to the order of the african star...Palm denotes indeed the WW1 award for bravery if I'm correct??But if I may remark one thing??The silver palm looks exactly like the modern ones... Old ones mostly had cut-away- spaces between the leaves, isn't it??? Most jewellers & Manufacturers of the medals still do sell palms, but those are always without space between the leaves, like yours.... I'm just curious about yours or hendriks opinion....Lovely awards & Pictures...Go on!!! Edited May 31, 2006 by Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 Dear jacky, welcom to the clubfor more pictures of the belgian national orders look at the website of the Royal army museum in Brussels about the Belgian national OrdersHow older the juwelles are, how beautifuller they are made, certenly those of the end of the 19th century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Palm denotes indeed the WW1 award for bravery if I'm correct??The silver palm looks exactly like the modern ones... Old ones mostly had cut-away- spaces between the leaves, isn't it??? Hello Jacky,A palm on a Belgian order always stands for a wartime act and can thus denote bravery but may also have been awarded for a meritorious distinguished act in wartime.Modern palms wouldn't have the "A" cypher (of WWI King Albert I) on the front ... different styles of palms should be attributed to various manufacturers making these palms at the time. It is, however, pretty hard to judge on the authenticity of such ribbon devices from a picture : one needs to be able to closely inspect the quality of them : restrikes do exist and are - as far as I've encountered them - thinner than period originals.Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Hendrik,Maybe is this a chance for you to show of all your wonderfull african star medals??This thread can be filled with far more pictures....We love those wonderfull medals. Get your chance and post all your picturs of the African Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Maybe is this a chance for you to show of all your wonderfull african star medals??Regretfully I can't : the only one I got in my collection is a later repro ... would love to lay my hands on an affordable genuine pre-1960 one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 (edited) an affordable genuine pre-1960 one Oh again there comes it...affordable.... things aren't always cheap... Sometimes they do,the grandofficer I posted in the order of Leopold II thread costed only 25 euros!!! Maybe the repro is also worth looking at??Could you point the things which denotes that it's a repro??Something to learn for us, if we find one, we know where to look at!!! Edited June 1, 2006 by Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli4vercammen Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Hello, this aren't medals, but they are from my collection and are on my comuterfiles, so they are easy posted. I've got a similar medal as Guy, but I have to scan it. I'll post it in a while...Oli4 Edited June 25, 2006 by oli4vercammen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Hello Olivier,Welcom to the Club... Nice medals,Do you have a large collection of belgian medals??? Would like to see more and more and more ..... Anyway, that was I like them... Where did you find them?? Edited June 25, 2006 by Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli4vercammen Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) I didn' find them. Much to my spite, I had to buy them. ;-)I have some Belgian medals, but a collection is never complete and so does mine.this is the bronze medal I spoke off earlier. There has been some figure beneeth the star, becouse the horizontal lines don't run from side to side, they stop and go further a fraction of a mm higher or lower. and above that they soldered the star.OlivierP.S. I just love that chocolate dark bronze patina, don't you? Edited June 25, 2006 by oli4vercammen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Yes...Indeed, a collection is seldom complete...But it's always worthwile to show your collection.... Nice bronze medal, wonderfull patina!!!And no, I don't like brown chocolate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 (edited) Dear OlivierIt is a nice medal, the star is bigger than the one on my gold medal, So this is than an other type Edited June 26, 2006 by g_deploige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli4vercammen Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 off course it's from an other producer, look at the other side: totaly different monogram and leafs, but the way of pasting the star on the medal is about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 It is not necessarily that it comes from an other producer, one should remember that the medal all above was originally intended for the order of the crown,so a different stamp and mall But yes, the differences are clearly to be seen,I like both of them.... boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM1 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Gold, silver and bronze medal of the Order of the African Star. The gold medal has a silver palm for acts of bravery during WW1. The bronze medal is a miniature and was previously an exemplar of the Order of the Crown (as stated in previous entries). Cheers GM1 Details of the bronze medal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Nice medals Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM1 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 A knight version of the Order of the African Star, with three hallmarks: 900, AR and the manufacturer (I suppose). The reverse as blue email instead of the red. The ribbon has paper glued to it, as if the order was attached on the diploma. best regards, GM1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It is a very unusual The marks 900 and AR are for Silver I can not read the other mark What is the unusual is the flat central medallions and the blue enamel on the back Private of foreign made (French)?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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