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Dear Christian, I have not heard of the Milit?r-Anerkennungsmedaille before, probably because it is fairly new. A quality photo indeed. Daf?r ein "Danke sch?n" von mir. BTW: do you also have a photo of the Milizmedaille, established along with it? Best regards, Lukasz
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DDR Medal Bar
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Grant Broadhurst's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
Fifteen years of service and only a bronze Medal of Merit - shame! -
A bit off-topic, but may be interesting: Swedish subjects have not been eligible for orders of merit since 1975. They may receive only medals. Swedish orders are now bestowed solely upon foreign recipients. Lukasz
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The mural crown is still extensively used in the Italian Republic, for example to denote ranks form Major to Colonel in the Italian Army: We still do not know what made the Italians alter the insignia of the order. Prehaps some Italian colleague on this forum did keep an eye on the work of the Italian Parliament when the issue was being discussed. Lukasz
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Hendrik is right. I do not know what made Italian legislators change the design of one of the most original and neat European orders. Anyway, the new design shows closer resemblance to the Order of the Crown of Italy. Marco has put forward an interesting point: what to do when the form of an award has changed and a former awardee needs a replacement copy. Marco, you can try your luck and write to the Cnancellery of the President of the Republic. You may try this address: https://servizi.quirinale.it/webmail/ Best regards, Lukasz
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Dear Christian, I think it is possible. Furthermore, I figure it was likely for a member of the k.u.k. Erzhaus to be an honorary member of it. The extended badge looks like the Matrikelzeichen too. I was trying to find a photo of this decoration on the Net, but I wasn't able to find any. I will make a scan and will post it on the forum. I think that a member of the imperial house that the Archduke was must have had a variety of foreign orders. Notice, however, that he is not wearing any other ones on his tunic. He may have chosen to wear only his Austrian decorations. Well, as I said the photo is not clear, so I am not insisting. Best regards, Lukasz
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Could be too... But the white stripes here are closer to each other and the ribbon has clearly seen darker edges. NJROTC Academic Award / NSCCAcademic Achievement Ribbon. CAP Gen. Billy Mitchell Award. Best, Lukasz
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IRAN - Islamic Republic
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Dave Danner's topic in Middle East & Arab States
Ed, you are great! -
Austria-Hungary Militarverdeinstkreuz kreuz with KD
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Alex K's topic in Austro-Hungarian Empire
It shouldn't be difficult to obtain a replacement ribbon (even an original one) for your MVK. Your swords will fit it well! -
Warsaw Pact medal ID needed
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in Central & Eastern European States
This is a medal, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Volunteer Labor Units (Доброволните Отряди на Трудещите се) - a paramilitary labor organization. Such organizations were another "all bloc" invention, present in practically all communist countries (I believe some ot these organizations still exist, but their role is marginal). This is most probably a local Plovdiv type of the medal (there is also a "national" type of a different design), probably limited in scope and therefore quite rare. It is difficult to say if the ribbon is correct - the "national" type was suspended from a plain red ribbon bar. Lukasz -
Well, it seems that each service has its own set of ribbons and they do not overlap at all. Army ROTC and Army Junior ROTC have developed ribbon patterns in several categories to cover different types of achievement. The significance of many of these ribbons though has been left to regional commanders' decision. I have tried to prepare a possibly complete rackbuilder for ROTC and other cadet corps awards. You wil find it at the http://www.medals.lava.pl site. Unfortunately the server is down for maintenance at the moment and it will probably be so throughout Easter. Best regards, Lukasz
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The upper one looks like the Academic Award Ribbon, awarded to NJROTC cadets, or the Academic Achievement Ribbon, awarded to NSCC cadets (although the central stripes should be white rather than yellowish). Lukasz
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Polish Militari Virtuti
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Alex K's topic in Central & Eastern European States
It looks genuine on the photo. Can you post the number from reverse? I cannot read it. Lukasz -
IRAN - Islamic Republic
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Dave Danner's topic in Middle East & Arab States
The recipient is a colonel of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, so it is probably a relatively high-ranking medal. Unfortunately the medal itself cannot be seen. -
IRAN: Pahlavi Era Medals
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to Lukasz Gaszewski's topic in Middle East & Arab States
Yep, from what I know the Azerbaijan Medal was awarded for the suppression of the 1945-46 secession. The medal was also worn by Shah Reza Pahlavi himself. I thought that the blue of the ribbon was more purplish. As far as the Rastakhiz Medal is concerned, you are probably right, but I cannot tell - the information is too scarce. Beautiful medals anyway, both of them. Thank you, Ed Lukasz -
When I see an item like this, it always reminds me of an Order of the Peace Dove with Swords (!) that was once proposed by someone. Lukasz
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Poland Unknown Items
Lukasz Gaszewski replied to order_of_victory's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Uwe is right! The badges are of the 4th Zaniemenski Lancers Rgt. and 66th Kaszubski Infantry Rgt. of J?zef Pilsudski. It is dangerous to judge just from the photos, but to me the VM looks like a modern copy of the pre-WWII type, too. The ribbon doesn't look genuine, either. Could you post the photo of the reverse and the dimensions of both the cross and ribbon? There should be a number on the lower arm. As of the regimental badges, the photos of the reverses would be nice too. The 4th Lancers badge is the officer type (the NCO type had no enamel). The "U4" on the lower arm is slimmer than usually found. On the reverse there was usually the number and recipient's name, but that was not always the case. Lukasz