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Medal of Defence of the Territory Instituted: 1994. Awarded: To military personnel who served for 180 days or in a major combat during civil unrest 1991-93. Obverse:

And the reverse:

National Medal of Honour About all I know is that it comes in 3 classes. Here's the 3rd Class, obverse:

2nd Class, reverse:

Star of Bravery Etoile de la Vaillance Comes in 3 classes, & seems to be a military award. The 1st Class has a palm on ribbon, 2nd Class a silver star & the 3rd Class a bronze star. Here's a 2nd Class, obverse:

Thanks, Antonio. Will go & update my site accordingly.

Star of Devotion Etoile du Devouement I'm told it comes in 5 classes, and appears to be a military meritorious service (also wounded in action) award. Here's the Officer:

More fragments.... this is the Officer of the National Order of Education.

National Order of June 27 Instituted: 27 June 1977 - the day Djibouti became an independent republic. So far I have heard that there is a Commander and a Knight class... but not what other ones exist, or what you get it for. Here's the Knight:

Eek. Does anyone know about the post-Independence medals? What little I know follows... Order of the Grand Star of Djibouti Supposedly the highest order, no idea of date of institution or what you get it for. Believed to consist of a collar and either 3 or 5 classes (equally reliable sources differ), any mention of someone getting it always refers to a 'Commander'... (even someone you'd expect to be given a 1st Class award). Here is a badge:

Medal of Honor for the Armed Forces This is quite a recent addition, and awarded in a single class.

Medal of Honor for Police This is awarded in 2 classes, and this is the 2nd Class:

Chris... you just made me laugh so much I've now had to explain what a 'loadmaster' is to my daughter!

In the British Army I've had people asking me where in their rack they ought to put a medal they've just been awarded, or even which way round an asymmetrical one goes... these being people senior to me by both rank and length of service! And we HAVE established and accessible orders of precedence. Anyhow, for the Orders & Federation medals I'm going for the sequence as shown at http://award.adm.gov.ru/... and as for the rest, pretty much as you have it on Wikipedia. If they cannot be bothered to establish their own order of precedence, we'll make a de facto one... they'll probably pinch it, file the serial numbers off and use it as their own eventually!

Medal of Honour for Customs Don't know much about this, except it comes in 3 classes. Here's the 3rd Class:

I doubt if there is an overarching one... you know the precedence for the official Federation ODM, and then use the precedence as given for each Ministry, etc.;... but as for which Ministry or Department comes first, anyone's guess. These bureaucrats never imagine that someone might have dealings, and hence receive awards, from more than one Ministry/Department, so the poor dear is on his own when pinning on his rack!

Order of Agricultural Merit Instituted: 16 April 1964. Awarded: For distinguished contributions to agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry. Grades: 3 (Commander, Officer and Knight). Here is the Commander: -

And the Reverse:

Knight, Obverse:

Order of Merit of National Education Instituted: 16 January 1962. Awarded: For distinguished service to the Ministry of Education or significant services in the field of education. Grades: 3 (Commander, Officer and Knight). Officer:

Order of Cultural Merit Awarded in 3 classes - Commander, Officer & Knight - but I have no dates or terms of award. Here's the Officer:

Knight, Reverse:

Knight, Obverse:

Commander, Reverse:

Order of Sport Merit Instituted: 3 September 1968 in 3 grades (Commander, Officer & Knight). Commander, Obverse: