eitze

Here we have the obverse of:

- the golden "Nigerian Eagle"

- the bronze "D.S.M."

After that fascinating post by vatjan back to my"ordinary" pieces.

Again NIGERIA - this time the awards of the Armed Forces:

Bravery Awards in their order of precedence:

- The Nigeria Star

- The River Niger Star

- The River Benue Star

- The Nigerian Eagle

- The Distinguished Service Medal

And two LSGC Awards:

- The L S and G C Medal

- The Forces Service Star

These awards were instituted on 20.09.1965 and made by the firm of Toye, Kenning and Spencer Ltd, London.

In the photo you can see:

- the golden "River Niger Star"

- the silver "River Benue Star"

The reverse of each is blank.

I can show you a lot more stuff from Nigeria (Medals & Decorations) or change to another African State.

But if it becomes boring, please let me know

Greetings

eitze

And now the order:

Now the open set:

THE ORDER OF THE NIGER

Here?s a Commander`s Cross in case of issue by Spink & Son.

It`s the civil division and the reverse is blank.

First the case.

Another order

THE ORDER OF THE NIGER

It is also divided into two divisions: civil and military - and the only difference is the red stripe in the ribbon.

This order was also re-instituted in 1977 and comes in these classes:

- Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger

- Grand Member of the Order of the Niger

- Commander of the Order of the Niger

- Officer of the Order of the Niger

- Member of the Order of the Niger

- First Class (silver) Medal of the Order of the Niger

- Second Class (bronze) Medal of the Order of the Niger

All classes were produced by Spink & Son, London.

Here you see the Second Class Medal of the military division. The reverse is blank.

Greetings

eitze

@ Rick and stogieman

thank you

I`ll post pictures of the case and the restored bar when I get the delivery !

Greetings

eitze

The Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:

Here we have the Member and Officer classes of the order. Reverse is blank.

Left to right:

- Member Military Division (red stripe)

- Member Civil Divison

- Officer Civil Division

The next will be the "Order of the Niger".

Greetings

eitze

Not bad...... $800 & change for a cased award, 1 of about 500 awarded.... Not bad at all. About half what it's worth...

Hi stogieman,

I`m the "lucky bastard" who got the cross

This time I was successful, after I`ve tried it several times in the past.

The exact numbers of Honour Crosses are:

- without swords: 233

- with swords: 152

That makes 385 together - not easy to get one

Last year in the Thies auction a similar piece (without case) went for 850 Euro plus charge; that makes nearly a Thousand Euro !!!!

But I am not so interested in the case. As you might know, there were no specific cases to Waldeck decorations - that means no Waldeck imprint on the lid.

I do need the cross to complete the following medal group.

Greetings

eitze

Here`s a close picture of the Bronze Medal.

All classes of the order are made by Spink & Son, London.

More pictures of the of the Officer and Member classes will follow!

Greetings

eitze

@christian

thank you for the kind words

NIGERIA:

The Federal Republic of Nigeria issued two orders:

- The Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (senior order)

- The Order of the Niger

Both in a civil and military division, which differ only in the color of the ribbon.

Let`s start with the first.

Re-instituted in 1977 it consists of the following classes:

- Grand Star of the Order

- Grand Commander

- Commander

- Officer

- Member

- Silver (First Class) Medal

- Bronze (Second Class) Medal

In the picture you can see both medals.

The Silver in the military division (red stripe) and the Bronze in the civil division. The reverse of both are blank.

Greetings

eitze

Forward to Nigeria.

Here`s another court mounted group. Left to right we have:

- Republic Medal

- General Service Medal

- National Service Medal

- Defence Service Medal

The first is a medal to commemorate the first 10 years of indepenedence and the last 3 were awarded for service in the cilvil war - the so called Biafra War 1966-70.

More Nigerian ODM to follow ( if you?re interested).

Greetings

eitze

I am also a user of Paint Shop Pro and normally there are no probs with resizing.

And by the way, for me PictureUpload isn`t that slow and it`s for free

But I`ll try to post the right way.

Thanks

eitze

It?s me again Ed,

my control panel says "You have used 101.51k of global upload space".

Does it mean I have only 9 k left to post ???

Do the 110 k mean per post, per day, per week or all together ???

I have to say, I am a little bit confused - should polish my english a little bit more

Thanks for the help

Greetings

eitze

Hi Ed,

I would like to post the pictures within the forum, what about the the limitation ??

Yesterday I`ve tried to post, but without success

What`s the secret or do I have to pay for a bigger space ???

Greetings

eitze

Katanga - the second

The order consist of:

- Grand Cross

- Grand Officer

- Commander

- Officer

- Knight

- Bronze Medal

Here you can see the Bronze Medal of the Order.The revers is also blank.

1000 medals were made in behalf of the Katangese Government.

Because of the short existense of the state and the years of civil war in the Congo, all Katangese ODM are very rare and hard to find.

http://www.pictureupload.de/pictures/22040...Br_VM_105__.jpg

Greetings

eitze

Another treasure from Black Africa for the Gentlemen

The Independent Republic of Katanga which exists 1960-1963 awarded a Order of Merit in small numbers.

Here we have the commander`s cross of the mentioned order, but beware it is a COPY:

You can see it on the green rays. They lay side by side and not one above the other. (Hope you understand and sorry for my bad english )

The revers is blank.

According to Ivo Suetens in his work on Katangese ODM, there were only 75 Commander Crosses made by a firm in Belgium !!!

http://www.pictureupload.de/pictures/22040...Komtur_80__.jpg

Greetings

eitze

This is for ULSTERMAN

Kingdom Burundi: Merit Medal of King Mwambusta IV (1915-1966)

http://www.pictureupload.de/pictures/21040...113_Burundi.jpg

Greetings

eitze

@paddywhack:

And here?s the proof that there are also ordinary medals in Botswana

It is the Distinguished Service Medal with a blank reverse.

http://www.pictureupload.de/pictures/21040...swana_-_DSM.jpg

Greetings

eitze

@paddywhack

Here`s another "strange designed" medal from Botswana.

It is the Duty Code Order with a nice form and very colorful. The reverse is blank.

http://www.pictureupload.de/pictures/21040...a_Duty_Code.jpg

Greetings

eitze

And here`s the reverse of the bar

Greetings

eitze

Hello Gentleman,

in my former life I was collecting orders and decorations of Black African States.

Here we have a court mounted medal group from the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It`s a fire fighter`s bar with the following medals:

- Nigeria Independence Medal 1960

- Fire Brigade Meritorious Service Medal

- Fire Brigade L.S.and G.C. Medal

The bar was mounted by Spink & Son, London.

More to follow

Greetings

eitze