Megan

Seems rather ridiculous... in essence it means that a collector may not purchase a Medal of Honor for his collection but if he gets hold of one somehow he can prance around wearing it!

Oooh... that's fascinating, Arnaud, and welcome to the Forum. May I ask, would you be willing to permit me to use that image on my website, please? I've not got a picture of that yet.

Lovely - where did you find those?

Fascinating. As Taras says, very Portuguese in appearance!

Lovely, thank you Hugh - but your information refers to the post-1910 Republic of Portugal... guess where I'll be going after the Kingdom is done So I shall tuck this away for later...

I have turned my attention to the Kingdom of Portugal pre-1910... but I am in need of help! I have a vast array of images courtesy of our friends at Morton & Eden (check out their Auction #77 if you like Portugese stuff!) and I'm trying to get them sorted into some semblance of order for my website. Does anyone know of an order of precedence for them? So far I know about: - Order of Christ - 2 divisions Civil and Military, quite different badges. Order of Aviz - Type 1 and Type 2 (1894-1910) Order of the Tower and Sword - Type 1 (1808-1834), Type 2 (1834 to 'mid-19th C.') and Type 3 (from this 'mid-19th C. to 1910) Order of St James of the Sword - Type 1 and Type 2, no dates known. Order of Vila Viçosa Civil Order of Agricultural and Industrial Merit - with Agricultural and Industrial divisions. Peninsular War Cross, 1808-14 - Military and Civil, each with varying numbers of years of service. Montevideo Star, 1822-1823 Montevideo Cross, 1822-1823 - in gold and silver. Bravery Medal of the Trasmontana Division, 1823 - Type 1 and Type 2 Medal for Loyalty to King & Country - 3 Types, at least the Type 3 one has gold and silver medals. As Chagas De Lamego Medal, 1825 Campaign of Liberty Medal, 1826-1834 - Type 1 and Type 2, each as Civil and Military versions. Maria II Loyalty Medal, 1833 Spanish Auxiliaries Medal, 1835-7 - 3 types. Maria II Cross Maria II Merit Medal of Philanthropy and Generosity - silver. Yellow Fever Medal, 1858 - silver. Angolan Expedition, 1860 - in silver and bronze (? gold as well) Military Medal for Valour, 1863 - Naval and Army Types, gold and silver (maybe a bronze as well?) Exemplary Conduct Medal, 1863 - Naval and Army Types, each in gold, silver and bronze. Good Service Medal, 1863 - Naval and Army Types, with silver and bronze known for each, maybe also in gold. Medal for Overseas Service, 1891 - in silver and bronze (also gold?) Overseas Distinguished Service Medal, 1891 - in silver and bronze (maybe also gold?) Assiduous Overseas Services, 1891 - in gold, silver and bronze. Coronation of King Carlos Medal, 1889 Postal & Telegraphic Merit Medal, 1898 - in gold, silver and bronze. State Railway Merit Medal, 1902 - in gold, silver and bronze. Queen Amelia Medal, 1894-96 - for service in Angola, India (silver and bronze), Mozambique (bronze) and Nyassa. Overseas Campaign Medal, 1896-1910 - silver and bronze. Queen Amelia Naval Review Medal, 1907 - silver and bronze. Royal Institute for Lifesaving (RISM), 1903, Subscriber's medal in silver and bronze Royal Institute for Lifesaving (RISM), 1903, Lifesaver's medal in bronze (may be others). Can anyone help in terms of grades, dates, terms of award of the above, or any other medals I need to include?

Excellent, excellent... John Duncan McMeekin - who sent me the above photo and text to be posted here (for some reason he doesn't care to post for himself so gets the local geek to do it for him!) - says he's working on a full listing of Tongan medals. I'm sure this will all be very helpful

More from John Duncan McMeekin... This is His Majesty, King Tupou VI (no Christian name), who is wearing the following: THE COLLAR: Knight Grand Cross, The Most Illustrious Order of Queen Salote Tupou III The Collar (note, the King has altered the insignia of replacing the Knight Grand Cross insignia (using a red riband) with that of the Grand Cross insignia (using a blue riband).. 3 BREAST STARS 1. The (new) Knight Grand Cross Star (with the blue riband) of the Most Illust. Order of Queen Salote Tupou III. 2. Grand Cross, The Most Devoted Royal Household Order of Tonga - Note: this is a new G.C. as the central medallion is all gold with the embossed National Coat of Arms of Tonga (made in Singapore). 3. Supreme Class, The Illustrious Order of Te Arikinui Queen Te Atairangikaahu of the Maori King, Arikinui Tuheitia Paki (Inst. 21st August, 2014). NECK BADGE: Grand Officer's neck badger, Royal Household Order on a 37mm ribbon.

Fascinating... yet another nation to add to my website

Nice :)

Emmanuel and Peter, thank you both for additional information!

Lovely stuff!!!

1. Humanitarian Service Medal 2. Fifth Summit of the Americas Medal 3. Unknown 4. Efficiency Medal I may know what (most) of them are, but I would appreciate further details about terms of award.

More beautiful images - and wonderful to hear from you again, James.

Thank you for the additional information, James

That certainly wasn't the image I posted! I'll hunt up the originals and repost them when I'm at home. In the meantime, see them at http://medals.org.uk/ivory-coast/ivory-coast-text.htm (time I did some more on that section...)

It was awarded to members of the Armed Forces and Police who were in service on 15 September 1963.

Nice

Nice - so they probably do get to wear them along with regular medals It's graduation week at the university where I now work, and I'm helping with the ceremonies, but after that I'd maybe better take another look at the Russian section of my site. Haven't been there for a while and you good folks keep finding more & more medals!

Thanks, Ilya

Nice! Very find pictures, Ilya. Where did you find them?

Thanks, Emmanuel!

Do you want it reviewing? Megan http://www.medals.org.uk/

Very nice - thank you for sharing! Megan http://www.medals.org.uk/

ANOTHER 'going on parade' medal?