Lukasz Gaszewski

Roter-Adler-Orden or Kronenorden 3rd or 4th class f. war merit?

There are two possible explanations:

1. it is a tunic of a Fähnrich with the star removed for some reason (any traces of stars on the collar?), or

2. it is a tunic of an officer cadet (Zögling) with no rank; the tunic is presumably from before 1891. You can read more about k.u.k. officer cadets' ranks on the same website: http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/kadett.html

A photo of the tunic would probably help.

Regards,

Lukasz

I am unable to translate all, as part of the certificate is illegible, stil from what can be read it looks as follows:

"...for paricipation and fulfilling duties in the Bulgarian military contingent in the operation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan within the Regional Command - Capital City."

Anyway, the name of the medal is "for Participation in the Mission" Decoration and was issued by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Bulgaria.

I think the medal must be fairly new. I have never heard of it before. Could you please check its diameter and ribbon width? I dare say it will be 32 mm - typical of contemporary Bulgarian medals.

Regards,

Lukasz

A beautiful addition to your collection Ilja! The Order of Pakistan was established in 1957 as the country's top order. It still exists but in 1986 it was completely redesigned and it is now an award for foreign nationals only. Yours is the third class of the order (out of four), the Sitara-e-Pakistan which means "Star of Pakistan," the pre-1986 type.

Lukasz

I am now updating the Canadian section of my rackbuilder. I have a little question to Canadian experts on this forum. Does anybody know which of the currently awarded Canadian medals go with the Mention in Dispatches (MID) device on the ribbon? I am particularly intrested if MID can go with the following:

1. Somalia Medal

2. South West Asia Service Medal (SWASM)

3. General Campaign Star (GCS)

4. General Service Medal (GSM)

5. Operational Service Medal (OSM)

6. Special Service Medal (SSM)

Thanks in advance.

Lukasz

http://www.medals.pl/

The royal Nepalese award system followed to some degree the British system. The closest counterpart of the Order of the Gurkha Right Arm is the Order of the British Empire.

The Nepalese royal award system followed to some degree the British one. The closest counterpart of the Order of the Gurkha Right Arm is the Order of the British Empire.

The Nepalese royal award system followed to some degree the British one. The closest counterpart of the Order of the Gurkha Right Arm is the Order of the British Empire.

The Nepalese royal award system followed to some degree the British one. The closest counterpart of the Order of the Gurkha Right Arm is the Order of the British Empire.

1. Bulgaria, Order of Military Merit, Silver Cross (wrong ribbon)

The ribbon is ok. It could be worn on the valor ribbon if awarded for war merit.

Best,

Lukasz

I have never heard of any "Signum Laudis" Medal ribbon other than solid red (for peacetime merit) or "ladder" (for wartime merit). I have consulted the literature available to me (Mericka, Schwarz) and they do not mention it either. Almost certainly nothing official. Also from what I know the "Signum Laudis", unlike the Militärverdienstkreuz, was not awarded to foreign nationals, being kind of "internal" decoration for officers of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces only.

Or this?

Order of the Grunwald Cross 3rd Class

Maybe and with fantasy I see a cross 3,5cm x 3,5cm, with four sides. (helvitisch?)

regards

Well, maybe this?

Partisan Cross

I recently found this photo of Marshal of Poland Marian Spychalski in a friendly conversation with the commander of the Warsaw Pact, USSR Marshal Andrei Grechko. The photo is dated 1968. It is the only color photo of Marshal Spychalski I have ever seen. Can anyone recognize his orders and medals?

The photo is rather small, I have enlarged the part with the ribbon bars, but the quality is not perfect:

I have identified his Polish awards:

- Order of Builders of People's Poland

- Order of the Banner of Labor 1st Class

- Order Polonia Restituta 2nd Class

- Order of the Grunwald Cross 2nd Class

- Order of the Grunwald Cross 3rd Class

- Order Virtuti Militari 3rd Class

- Partisan Cross

- Medal for Warsaw

- Medal for Oder, Nysa and Baltic

- Victory and Freedom Medal

- Medal for Paricipation in the Struggle for Berlin

Can somebody help with the foreign ones? They seem messy indeed. Maybe someone has other photos of his in a uniform with medals or ribbon bars?

#18 can also be the Swedish Order of Vasa.

Have never seen anything like this. I personally do not think it is Polish.

Thanks, did not see your post while writing mine.

I do maintain my opinion about the last ribbons, but the classes are of grand commander (commander 1st class if O. of Dannebrog).

Nice

1st row:

1. 
   
   
2. Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse.
   
3. Sachsen Albrechtorden Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern.
   
4. Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern.
   
5. Mecklenburg MVK 2. Klasse.
   
6. Braunschweig MVK 2. Klasse.
   
7. Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer.
   
8. Schlesischer Adler 2. Stufe.
   
9. Ehrenzeichen für Deutsche Volkspflege 2. Klasse.
   
10. Preußen Dienstauszeichnung.
    
11. Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen in Gold für 40 Jahre.
    

2nd row:

1. 
   
   
2. Olympia-Ehrenzeichen 2. Klasse.
   
3. Baltenkreuz 2. Klasse.
   
4. Österreich Militär-Verdienstorden mit KD.
   
5. Bulgarien Militärverdienstorden mit Krone und Schwertern.
   
6. Türkei Eiserner Halbmond.
   
7. Italy Order of SS Maurice and Lazarus Grand Officer
   
8. Yugoslavia Order of St. Sava Commander(?)
   
9. Hungary Order of Merit Commander (?)
   
10. Japan Order of the Rising Sun [or] Denmark Order of Dannebrog Commander (?)
    

BTW:

"Rumänien Militärverdienstorden Ritterkreuz."

What is it? Never heard of such a Romanian order from before WWII.

Czechoslovak War Cross for WWII.

And on this one I'm in the same boat with the last ribbon. I've checked the Soviet ribbon chart for both of them with no luck.

If I can humbly contribute, the first ribbon is DEFINITELY the "70 Years Since The Creation Of The Soviet Armed Forces", the other one is the Ukrainian "Medal for Irreprocheable Service" 3rd class (for 10-year service I believe) :rolleyes:

I have just been asked to ID the following trio. Judging from the mounting, it can be post-WWI German. As I am not an expert in the Weimarer Republic, could someone kindly help ID the ribbons?

The ribbon is certainly light blue. Here is a photo I once found at another forum. Noor's ribbon has faded and the front may look white. Do have a look at the back side.

BTW: I wonder what the military career of the gentleman the ribbons belonged to might look like. Is it possible to find out who he was?

Nice, I like the reverse. Still, they could think of a more colorful ribbon. I know it is from the Order of the Seraphim, but...

Dear Love4history,

The uniform was indeed worn by General Van Daele, Chief of Staf - Belgium Army. I can now because he gave me the uniform

I know, i should have asked him for his medals at that time, but i was so impresed by the men and it was such a good conversation that i was home before i knew it...

Thank you for showing my the way to the pictures

What must you do to obtain his uniform from the Chief of Staff??? :jumping: :jumping:

OK, not sure, but judging from the colors #11 can be the Bulgarian decoration "for Faithful Service under the Banner." It was in 4 classes and was intended for Bulgarian soldiers for long and meritorious service, but due to the lack of any more appropriate honor it used to be awarded to foreign military as well.