Megan

Also some images and information here: http://www.medals.org.uk/estonia/estonia-republic/estonia001.htm

I went through my website last night updating it. Now I'll have to do the same for the OMSA database... Thanks for all the hard work ferreting out this information, Frank - really appreciated.

Aaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, she says, looking it up. Furtado, R.G. (2010) 'Danish War Medals for the Wars of 1848-1850 and 1864'. JOMSA 61(3):14-24 Fascinating article with infromation about the conflicts for which they were awarded, the development of the medal and different varieties...

Aha! Found the Statutes of the Order - https://www.gesetze.li/lilexprod/lgsystpage2.jsp?formname=showlaw&lgblid=1937012000&gueltigdate=06082016 The ribbon design changed in 1967.

OK, thanks. Back to the MVD for the moment. After sorting out the OMSA images that had strayed, I decided to get that part of my site into order too!

The links still work if you copy them to the browser address bar... bit clunky but at least you can see the images!

Is that the correct ribbon? I thought the half orange with black edge/half red-white-black was the ribbon for the Medal "For the Demining of Palmyra" - the one for the Medal "For the Liberation of Palmyra" being quite different. Or am I confused (not for the first time)?

More wonderful images, thank you Paja for sharing them!

Thank you!

That's an amazing exhibition... thanks for sharing the link, Taras. Even if the pictures are a bit small, at least one knows what one is looking for!

That's nice, Emmanuel - thank you for sharing!

Beautiful images Carol. When did the ribbon change?

Thanks for that... where does it go in the order of precedence?

Thank you for the additional information - I shall scurry off to update my website forthwith! Is it one your company manufactures?

Amazing stuff... always fascinating to hear and see how things actually are made.

Yep, they are completely insane!!!

That's really helpful - and welcome to GMIC! Having people from different countries who are familiar with insignia from their country helps the rest of us struggling to study them from afar (and often in languages we don't speak!). Looking forwards to hearing more from you in the future!

Are the US trying to catch up with the plethora of Russian Federation awards?

There happens to be a branch of the RAOB in Crewe - they asked to use the room normally rented by a society I run for one of their meetings - and they told me that it's basically organised at a local level. Certainly when I requested permission to study their regalia, the local boss man gave me the address of the national headquarters who wrote back and said that it was up to the local membership to decide if they wanted to cooperate or not, but that they had no centralised information about regalia. Think it's much the same for membership...

Thank you, both. Jeff, Spinks have already given me the run of their catalogues (kind souls that they are), so that's OK. And of course I ask, it's only polite... and I teach ethics to computing students, so I need to get my own use of intellectual property right, don't I? Augustin1813 - hope you think my website is a 'good cause'! Would you like to let me know your real name for the acknowlegements (by PM if preferred)?

Fascinating... thank you for sharing. So, is it your opinion that the coat of arms is the reverse, and the map/legend the obverse?

Fascinating thread... I've not yet gone that 'early' in the Spanish section of my website, but it looks like I'm going to have to! 'Augustin1813' and Jeff, any chance you'd be will to permit me to use your images? With full acknowledgement, of course.

Wonderful - thank you so much for sharing!

Well, I for one am glad that you are willing to talk to us... ... and if your colleagues in the Principality of Andorra need any assistance in developing their Honours System, I for one would be honoured to advise.