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      ORDEN DE 6 DE JUNIO

      in Republic of Cuba

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      Additional information, although how reliable i'm not sure.

      This Order was awarded for Police Bravery.

      In 1989 this Order all but dissapeared from the awards list after the promoter of these Orders, General Arnaldo T. Ochoa S?nchez was executed.

      Also the obverse picture Michel posted seems to have gone missing so here they are reposted.

      Regards Eddie.

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      Royal Navy Trivia.

      in Great Britain: Research, Documentation & History

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      Hi guys,

      Has to be HMS Hood, named after Admiral Samuel Hood (Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 ? 27 January 1816)

      She was involved in the Battle of Denmark strait on the 24th May 1941 and was sunk by the Bismark.

      At about 06:00 (06:01 in German reckoning), as Hood was turning, she was struck by one or more shells from Bismarck's fifth salvo, fired from a range of 15 to 18 km (about 8 to 9.5 nautical miles). Almost immediately, a huge jet of flame burst out of Hood from the vicinity of the mainmast. This was followed by a devastating explosion that destroyed the after part of the ship. Hood's stern rose and sank rapidly, then her bow section reared up in the sea and sank. Its forward turret fired one last salvo, possibly from the doomed gun crew, just before the bow section sank.Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, had sunk in 3 minutes. From Hood's first salvo to her disappearance beneath the waves, only eleven minutes had passed.

      Of the 1,418 crew, only three men (Ted Briggs, Robert Ernest Tilburn (1921-1995) and William John Dundas (1921-1965)) survived;they were rescued about two and a half hours after the sinking by the destroyer HMS Electra.

      Regards Eddie

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      My DDR awards collection

      in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR

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      Johann Gottfried Herder medal

      The Johann Gottfried Herder medal was awarded in memory of Johann Gottfried Herder to Russian language teachers and for outstanding achievements in the subject of the Russian language.

      The first time awardings took place on the 7th May 1957 to 20 Russian teachers.

      Starting from the year 1958 they were also awarded to high school graduates and also to students and apprentices for outstanding achievements in Russian.

      Awarded in three classes Gold, silver and bronze, in each case with an enamelled honour clip. The medal was awarded on commemorative events, organised frequently by the society of German-Soviet friendship.

      Regards Eddie.

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      Branch of service ribbon ID if possible

      in Central & Eastern European States

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      Thanks Hunyadi,

      Rick, sorry that's the only photo that was posted, I'm not even sure if it is on a uniform or not.

      The original post was way back in 2006 (Sov-awards), the query being the diagonal black looking stripe on red ribbon. A new post in the thread mentioned the fact that different branches had various colours of ribbon on the same medal, however I couldn't find a matching one like this.

      Thanks again ;) ,

      Regards Eddie

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