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Also good to note that the Khedive's Sudan medal (2nd issue ) is of the 2nd type - i.e. with the name Fouad Al Awal (Fouad The First) who succeed Hussain Kamel in 1917(?) as Sultan and later (1923?) became King Fouad. Owain

I have a 1st Class, 1st Type Garrard cased set - the order is in silver only - I supect the gilded issue illustrated is a 2nd type by Spink. The inscription reads "Al Nilain" (the Two Niles) - similar to Bahrain (Two Seas) Owain

I went to a wedding in Khartoum in 1999 and browsed the shops - few and far between but had some modest success and flew back to Saudi with medals. Customs are now, it seems, a bit more attentive! Your comments of pricing are most valid and indeed demand by a Westerner immediaetey pushes prices up - this has beecome all to apparent with Iraqi awards. My vistis to Yemen as a lone individual have had the same result and I find that the only real way of dealing with inflated prices is to be preapred to walk away! However the collector usualy find this difficult and we are seen as an economic opportunity for the local traders. Regards, Owain

The sash badge is the Order of Distinction (Al Imtiaz) 1st type with rhino suspension and the breast star is the Order of the Republic, 2nd type with the inscription "Democratic Republic of Sudan". Owain

This is from a Police & Prisons series of awards (Obverse "Sudan Police and Prison Force"; Reverse - "For Great Service") and to my mind is contemporary with the Governor General's military series. I have a Bravery Medal of similar design - alas unamed - image to follow. I believe the manufacturer could well be the Royal Mint but I have no firm evidence of this - a copy of the annual reports back to the 1920's would be nice! Regards, Owain

Gentlemen, I originally posted this under Militaria when it should more properly have been in this forum: On Thursday in the souk in Riyadh I purchased a 2.95 inch Vickers-Maxim (I think) brass shell case dated 1916 - a chain and lid had been affixed to allow for carriage and storage of small coffee cups. I believe that this gun was only used in "colonial" conflicts. Is there any way of ascertaining whether such artillery pieces were used by Lawrence & Co during the Arab Revolt? Many thanks, Owain Raw-Rees

Gentlemen, On Thursday in the souk in Riyadh I purchased a 2.95 inch Vickers-Maxim (I think) brass shell case dated 1916 - a chain and lid had been affixed to allow for carriage and storage of small coffee cups. I believe that this gun was only used in "colonial" conflicts. Is there any way of ascertaining whether such artillery pieces were used by Lawrence & Co during the Arab Revolt? Many thanks, Owain Raw-Rees

The RWF is one of the six Minden Regiments who are, I believe entitled, to wear a rose to commemmorate the victory at Minden in 1759. However the RWF do not wear a rose on Minden Day, 1st August, as the RWF badge has a rose at the bottom centre hence the Minden Rose is worn every day of the year or at least was until the RWF merged with the RRW and became the Royal Welsh Regiment. Owain Raw-Rees

Sorry, I should have identifed these - all YAR, as follows: Order of Merit, Order of Seventy Order of Honour, Order of Duty, Order of Heroism 25th, and 20th Anniversary of 1962 Revolution, Order of Service Confusingly these appear to have all been reversed as the order of precedence would be more correctly right to left. I have a draft on the PDRY complete (some 30 pages without illustrations) and just about ready for JOMSA. The YAR and RoY are work under progress - frustrating to say the least. JOMSA have already published an article on the early awards 1964-7. Owain

Whilst the medals are being sold through Lebanon I believe they came from Sana'a in these formats and the supplier in Yemen has mounted a number of commemorative medallions onto military medal ribbons and inded some of the ribbons are on the incorrect medals. Regards, Owain

Ed, The ribbon, green, of the Order of the War Wounded in your illustration is correct. The second award is the Order of Devotion, third class I think, and the blue ribbon for the War Wounded should be be more properly with the Order of Devotion - the blue ribbon is the thrid class ribbon. Owain

Ed, This is the PDRY Medal of the War of Liberation- of Soviet manufacture. Owain

Ed, This and the next medal are from the 1964-67 period of the YAR - instituted by or for President Sallal under the recommendation of Nasser and nmanufactured by Bichay - the full series is as follows: Order of Sheba - one class sash, etc Order of mareb - five classes Order pf Bravery - medal in silver and bronze Medal of Liberation - medal in silver only With the retreat of Egyptian forces from Yemen the sereis became obsolete and the YAR instituted its "own" series in 1971 headed by the Order of the Republic. Owain

In this series there are as follows: 20th Anniversary of the YAR 25th anniversary of the YAR 30th Anniversary of the YAR - ribbon only Unification of RoY - ribbon only 1Oth Anniversary of the RoY Owain

This is the first series, second type of this award 1971 onwards - this first type has the map of the Yemen Arab Republic oulined on the medal and the script runs circular to the edge of the centrel design. Owain

This is the second series of this award - post 1990 unification - the first series is similar to the Order of Duty illustrated by Ed. Owain

Good morning from Riyadh, I hope the note below is of interest - bling indeed. Owain This Order, manufactured by Royal Insignia of Singapore, was only relatively recently instituted, becoming the UAE's highest national honour and primarily for Heads of State. The award is presented in a red leather case. A recent award was made on 27 November, 2003 when the order was presented by Shaikh Maktoum of Dubai to Joseph Sepp Blatter, President, of FIFA in recognition of his efforts in serving football. The article notes "the order is considered to be of the highest level and conferred on monarchs and presidents of countries". More recent awards have been made the rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait. Prior to the institution of this new Order the senior award of the UAE had been a single class award - the Order of Unity Collar Obverse A chain of fourteen links, of 18 carat gold, bearing various designs relating to the U.A.E. The central link from which the badge is suspended bears the arms of the U.A.E., being a twin masted dhow. The total weight of collar and badge is 800 grams. Badge Obverse A circular medallion, 85 mm in diameter, of 22 carat gold, bearing the Arabic inscription "Zayed" in precious stones. The badge and suspension link are encrusted with a large number of precious stones Marquise cut emeralds Rubies Emeralds forming the name "Zayed" Diamonds of different sizes. Total gems 1,013 total carats 33.77

Megan, Ed, et al, Off the top of my head: O.of Shaikh Issa - 5 classes plus collar and replaces the O.of Khalifa as Bahrain's premier award - maufactured by Spink O.of Abdulaziz, manufactured by Bertrand - since my JOMSA article I have "discovered" at some stage the grades of order were re-instituted as as follows: Badr Collar - muslim heads of state Abdulaziz collar - other heads of state Sash of the 1st rank - green with yellow edge stripes Sash of the 2nd rank - yellow with green edge stripes Excellent grade - green with yellow edge stripes 1st to 4th class - green with yellow edge stripes Regards, Owain

Ed & Co., The UAE presentation. Owain Nahyan_Collar_Bush.bmp

Ed & Co., The Saudi presentation. Owain

Ed & Co. GWB appears to have been awarded three awards during his recent jaunt to the Gulf: Palestine/Israel - Nil. Kuwait - nil, although his father was awared the Collar of Mubarak the Great. Bahrain - Collar, etc., of the Order of Shaikh Issa named after the late ruler of Bahrain. Qatar - nil. UAE - Collar, etc., of Order of Shaikh Zayed named after the later ruler of the UAE. KSA - Collar of the Order of Abdulaaziz - his father was also a recipient of this award. Egypt - nil. Perhaps he has already been awarded Kuwait & Qatar awards during visits by their Heads of State to DC in earlier years of his office?? Owain.

Lorenzo, At least his medal entitlement is clear: Rafidain Bravery ASM War Victory Coronation Flood Regards, Owain

Mother Lodge Apollo 357 & joining member of Eurydice 1920. Owain

Enzo, With regard to the awards of the PDRY, from my records the "Orders" appear to be as follows: Hungarian Manufacture O. of 22 June - neck badge O.of The Land (or Earth) - neck badge O.of Devotion - 3 classes O.of Science Hero of Yemen Star O.of War Wounded Soviet Manufacture O.of Revolution O of Independence O.of Friendship O.of 22 June (same as above but a breast badge.) O.of Bravery DDR Manufacture Ministry of State Security Order of Bravery In addition to these there is a vast array of medals. I have completed a draft for submission - some 40 pages without illustrations - to JOMSA possibly as a Monograph and am currently contemplating orgainsing the illustrations. Owain

Gentlemen, Some years ago I acquired a Colonial Police LSGC George VI issue named to: RSM HAMADI MTILA M.M. I had thought the name Arabic but the surname appears to be of southern African origin. To date I have had no success in identifying which Police Force he was with - is M.M. the Force abbreviation, or indeed Military Medal? The rank of RSM seems strange for such a medal. Any suggestions? Owain