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Croix de Guerre 1940-1945 Instituted: 17 April 1945 by Grand Duchess Charlotte. Awarded: For services in the battle to liberate Luxembourg during the Second World War. Obverse:

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Officer

Grand Officer Star

Ordre de M?rite du Grand-Duch? de Luxembourg Instituted: 23 January 1961 by Grand Duchess Charlotte Awarded: For outstanding professional achievement and for services performed in specific fields, in 5 grades. Grand Cross Star

Commander with Crown: Star

Commander with Crown: Badge

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Ordre du M?rite Civil et Militaire d'Adolphe de Nassau Instituted: 8 May 1858 by Duke Adolph of Nassau. Awarded: For exceptional services to Luxembourg or the Ducal House, or excellence in the arts and sciences. Grades: 8 (Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander with Crown, Commander, Officer with Crown, Officer, Knight with Crown and Knight) Grand Cross Badge:

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Ordre de la Couronne de Ch?ne Instituted: 29 December 1841 by King William II of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Awarded: For civil and military services and for artistic achievement, in 5 grades. Grand Cross Badge:

Nice. Mostly from the Lesotho government website, aren't they? I found them when researching that sectionbut they are not of good enough quality to seek permission to use them on my site, but at least I can draw the ribbons now...

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Instituted 1972 in at least 3 grades, this is the 3rd Class or Companion badge.

The Queen's Ambulance Service Medal is to be established to reward acts beyond the call of duty by members of the ambulance services. It will also be awarded for outstanding contributions to the national or local development of the ambulance service. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6243840.stm Further details as I manage to unearth them...

Excellent.... that's about a month, isn't it? I'll be on holiday by then so you will probably hear the yells of glee clean across the 'pond' Thank you, Ed. Also like to add that the generous souls at CollectRussia.com & eMedals.ca have both given me full run at their online catalogue images... naturally acknowledgements will be appearing on appropriate places on my site, but I'm so delighted I shall shout about it here too!!!!

Interesting. I feel some changes to the page coming on...

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Here's a picture of the actual beastie:

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Darjah Yang Amat Dihormati Setia Diraja Instituted: 3 September 1965. Awarded: For service and loyalty to the Crown, often to members of the armed forces, police and civil service. Grades: 4 (Knight, Companion, Officer and Member) plus a Medal. Knight's Star:

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