IVB

9. And the last photo - Special Forces parade:

8. Officer Cadets of The Prisons Service

7. Officer Cadets of The Ghana Military Academy

6. Air Force --- Fire Service --- Fire Service --- Fire Service

5. Army --- Army

4. Air Vice Marshal --- Army --- Army --- Navy

3. Police --- Civil --- Police --- Police Chief Superintendent --- Police Comissioner

2. Director General of Prisons Service --- Unidentified Prisons Officer.

Number of photos that can be called "Different colors of Ghanan military and services" 1. Deputy Superintendant of Immigration Service

And his zoomed metal ribbon bar:

Rear Admiral Matthew Quashie. His profile you can see here: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=1199

Photos from 2011 National Honours And Awards Ceremony. The Order of the Volta awardees.

ilja, thanks for your advice about data storage, I now use this service. And DVD-R's for more safety. Two sides of LSGC Medal:

ilja, thanks a lot for new pictures! Спасибо!

Hi, Peter! These links are obsolete, I think. My hard drive with these pics and others (this was a BIG collection ) was stolen some years ago, so I can not help you. (( Cheers Ivan.

And 3rd, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere with unknown badge photo taken from: http://itsprettypoet...01_archive.html

2nd photo taken from: http://matukiouk.blo...li-ya-babu.html

Hello, gentlemen and ladies, here is some unidentified awards of Tanzania 1st, medal for some sort of civilian service? photo taken from: http://www.hakingowi...ani-katibu.html

Hello, James! د افغانستان هوریت I've noted that inscription on the reverse (in the bottom) is almost similar with official name of the country in Pashto http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%...%82%D0%B0%D0%BD (Russian version). In English version of Wikipedia article it looks: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت (De Afġānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat). Peoples that can read Pashto answered me for my request about translation words on the medal: " The one on the left reads "de yadawanay medal" meaning "remembrance medal". The right one reads "da Afghanistan something" but its rather illegible. " With better photo: " We regarded the photo at length but couldn't exactly decipher the words. There seem to be extra dots and grooves which make it confusing. The educated guess is "tolwaal" (last word), meaning society or nation or even country. " So, period of issue is exactly unknown. I have two versions: 1. Thugra of the King means that medal from times of his reign; 2. or it may be commemorative medal of modern issue, dedicated to something related to King. (His return from exile?) Anybody know what does eagle symbolize?

I think this medal is from period of reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah (1933-1973): His thugra on the Buskashi medal:

Eagle on the obverse of the medal is like on this 2 Afghani coin issued in 1961: I have also information that the last word in the bottom of the reverse may be "tolwaal", meaning society or nation or even country.

For example thugra of Sultan Mahmud II (Ottoman Empire):

Inscription: د افغانستان هوریت Da Afġānistān Jomhoriyat - Republic of Afghanistan. What means thugra, I don't know. Regards, IVB.

Jubilee Medal "90 years of Azerbaijan Police" / "Azərbaycan Polisinin 90 illiyi" Yubiley Medalı Instituted on 13 June 2008.

Medal "Veteran of Police" / "Polis Veteranı" Medalı Instituted in 2006. Awarded for 30 and more years of irreproachable service in the Organs of Interior of Azerbaijan. Diameter of the medal is 32 mm.