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EGYPT -- Medalyet Falasteen / Palestine Medal

Awarded to Egyptian armed forces personnel who served in the 1948-49 Arab-Israeli War. In 1953, with the revolution, the design of the medal was altered, with the earlier reverse being worn as the obverse of the medal. Established: 1948?, revised ???? Obverse: 36 x 45 mm, bronze, seven-sided, with unequal sides, seeming "off balance" to the left (until 1953). first variety: King Faruq facing left [not, as it has sometimes been described, Nasser!], between the Egyptian parliament building (to the right) and the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem (to the left); above "Medalyet / Falasteen", or "Palestine / Medal". second variety: three soldiers, with civilians gathered around them, dated "1948-1347" or "1948-1347" (the reverse of the pre-1953 variety). Reverse: first variety: three soldiers, with civilians gathered around them, dated "1948-1347" or "1948-1347" (the obverse of the post-1953 variety). second variety: blank. Ribbon: 35 mm, equal stripes (5 mm each) of green, red, yellow, red, green. A brass lotus blossom has been observed worn on ribbon bars representing this medal, though it is unknown what this represents.

-- first variety with the king on the obverse

-- second variety with the old reverse moved to the obverse

Ed,

There is also clasp awared to this medal, slide on to the ribbon, for those who returned to the front for a second time.

Owain

A Cute Arab Box - part 2

The coat of arms.

Ed,

The box inscription reads Order of War Wounded - a post unification award - a neck badge and even large larger than the Order of Duty illustrated.

Owain

Dear Ed / Stogieman,

This is the best I can do for a better image

The Army nco received the Dutch Commemorative Medal Disaster Brigade with clasp "Sudan 1974" for assistance in the relief of the drought victims in October 1974. Because of this we think the medal must be Sudanese. As far as I know the Dutch Army has no connections with Syria.

Arabic not clear but apppears to read "Al-hakum Ash-shabi al-mahli" - not convinced about the middle word as a dot is misplaced but if so would translate as "People's Local Government" or similar. The flaming torch is indicative of a 'revolutionary' goverment and the manufacture is definitely local..............

Owain

Ed,

This is Yemeni - the Decoration of Seventy (Nowt Sabaeen) - post unification and replaces, probably, the Order of Seventy, a YAR instituted Order. Named after the siege of Sana'a during the post 1962 Revolution civil war.

Regards,

Owain

Correction - the suspension bar has the Yemen Arab Repiblic and thus is pre-unification but otherwisde it still repalces the Order of the same name.

Owain

Ohhhh. Interesting. I am thinking Sudan, but let me look.

Ed,

This is Yemeni - the Decoration of Seventy (Nowt Sabaeen) - post unification and replaces, probably, the Order of Seventy, a YAR instituted Order. Named after the siege of Sana'a during the post 1962 Revolution civil war.

Regards,

Owain