Megan

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?

Oh dear... time I did more Russian medals!!!

I've just started a Schleswig-Holstein section on my site: http://www.medals.org.uk/schleswig-holstein/schleswig-holstein-text.htm This is all I have found online as yet: http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/c/deutsche-staaten/schleswig-und-holstein-herzogtum

That's a beauty!

Er - the Order of the Oaken Crown ribbon is yellow with 3 green stripes, with the stripes being narrower than the yellow areas between them. The ribbon for this medal is asymmetric, with equal widths of yellow and green but with yellow at one edge and green at t'other.

Replacing the blue shirt and darker blue trousers of Action Working Dress (No.4s) is a very dark blue rig. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31950420

The Order of Social Merit (Ordre du Mérite Social) was instituted on 25 October 1936 to award meritorious service within institutions and the like concerned with social legislation. It was administed by the Ministry of Labour. Like many other such orders, it was discontinued when the National Order of Merit was established on 1 January 1964. It was awarded in three classes: Commander, Officer and Knight. The badge of the order is a 7-pointed star enamelled in blue, the metal being gold for commanders and officers and silver for knights. The central medallion bears on the obverse the symbolic female head of 'The Republic' with 'Mérite Social' around it, and on the reverse 'Ministére du Travail' (Ministry of Labour). The ribbon is red with blue edges. Commander: ' alt='' class='ipsImage' width="487px" height="750px">"> Officer: Knight: ' alt='' class='ipsImage' width="487px" height="750px"> ' alt='' class='ipsImage' > ' alt='' class='ipsImage' > ' alt='' class='ipsImage' > ' alt='' class='ipsImage' >

Nice...

A Humanitarian Service Medal would be a neat idea. You could always have clasps for particular incidents if you wanted to show just what an individual helped with.

It's a good survey of modern medals, Antonio. You are welcome to any illustrations from my site, of course.

I find the ones about police, paramedics, border controls, airports, etc., fascinating - give some insight into various jobs that are pretty much a closed book to those not engaged in them yet with which we all interact occasionally. Real people doing what can be at times quite difficult jobs - anything that helps the rest of understand is all to the good. It makes the people involved less faceless.

Dearly beloved is very fond of this sort of show so I get to see quite a lot of them! The one I like best is called Emergency Bikers and deals with police and paramedic motorcyclists. On the whole, they present police in a positive light and makes them a bit more human - they are not faceless 'plods' but real people just like the rest of us.

C'est rien

Look at the bottom right of the 'Reply to this topic' box: you'll see the 'Post' button and next to it a 'More Reply Options' one. Click on that. Now you will see below the 'Attach Files' options. Use the 'Browse' button to find the image you want on your computer. Then click on 'Attach This File'. Once you have done this you will see a thumbnail of the image. To the right of it you see a link 'Add to Post' - click on that the insert the image... it will go wherever you have the insertion point, you may need to click in the right place in the reply text box before clicking on Add to Post to get it where you want it.

Apparently Cameron has just announced that he will recommend to HM The Queen that a new medal be established to award to those who have gone to West Africa to help deal with the Ebola epidemic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31133815

Indeed I would - John, may I use the image (with acknowledgement of course) on my website, please?

That's fair enough... it is the academic in me referencing everything properly, that's all.

Fascinating group... And no need to apologise, Peter. Just rather startled to be regarded thus!

That's beautiful... I must scamper off and post a link to it from my site forthwith... er, what's your name? I cannot find it on the site anywhere.

Now busy putting some of these glorious images on my website. Thank you Morton & Eden!!!