Megan

Very nice - 30 Years and 10 Years service in the Militarised Organisations of the Ministry of the Interior, and one for 25 years in the Fighting Groups of the Working Class.

Thank you most kindly!

It interests me, so thank you!

Thank you, Enzo. I might take you up on that...

Very nice: Reserve Badge of National People's Army (Reservistenabzeichen der Nationalen Volksarmee) Type 2, gold (10 years) and silver (2 years). Fighting Groups of Working Class Outstanding Service Medal (Medaille für ausgezeichnete Leistungen in der Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse) 20th Anniversary of the Foundation of Fighting Groups of the Working Class Commemorative Medal (Erinnerungsmedaille anläßlich des 20 jährigen Bestehens der Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse) Decoration of the German Police (Ehrenzeichen der Deutschen Volkspolizei) Type 4 (1965-1990)

Thank you. Bookmarked for later reading...

I feel quite sorry for police officers these days. The uniform they are expected to wear looks more suited for a trip to the gym (especially the tops!) than going on the beat. Neither West Midland or Cheshire police seem to go in for helmets, either. It's all caps or the silly hats they give female officers. It quite put me off when I was of an age to consider joining that women didn't wear helmets, I quite fancied them! But after they lost my application 3 times I gave up... it just was not meant to be.

Wow, you're building up an impressive collection very quickly. I'm working on a book about East German medals, once it is done I'll send you a copy.

And the Cleave image cited earlier: You just have to love the Wayback Machine!

The French stick-fighting technique is canne de combat. Quite a good wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canne_de_combat There's also a glorious 1923 tome by one H.C. Lang: The Walking Stick Method of Self-Defence. Alas mine is used for staying upright, I'm not sure I could fight with it these days. The rogue who stole my wallet a few days ago is probably quite glad about that.

Magic... thank you, Antonio!

Oh dear, That image that doesn't even look much like Charles and which is facing the wrong way. Seems we are stuck with it.

Order of the Yugoslav Grand Star?

They barely got that out before there wasn't a German Democratic Republic any more...

At last.... Not a particularly good portrait of the King, though. The coinage head looks far more like him (and is facing in the correct direction).

Somewhat more important than either, but let's not get into that here.

God knows, but is not telling!

I thought you'd get there first No indication of the obverse apart from "Will bear the King's effigy", though. What is taking so long to create a medal obverse? Is His Majesty so vain that he keeps rejecting designs or something?

A nice start. Check out the relevant sections of my website and the OMSA website's Images area to find out more details about your haul.

I'm sneaky. I bookmark good threads about specific nations' medals (along with stuff found elsewhere) via my browser, so it's easy to pull up useful items when needed Hope you find something of use in there, both of you.

Soldier magazie (July issue) reoirts that this award will be distrubuted 'by the end of the summer'... the veteran's section of the armed forces website says Autumn 2023 but they are accepting applications now. The form is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-medals It will be called the Nuclear Test Veterans Commemorative Medal. Still no indication of what the thing looks like!

I'm hunting for them as well

Ilya has some information here: http://wawards.org/en/rwanda.html

Start with this thread: Online, there are a fair few on my website, https://medals.org.uk/germany/ddr/ddr-text.htm The OMSA Medals Database has a good array too.