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Order of Dank (Glory) 2nd Class Order. Ch. Pic : Dmitriy Podlipayev / Nikolay Postnikov - World Discovery Kazakhstan.

Order of Dank (Glory) The symbol on the shoulder ribbon (1st Class). Ch. Pic : Dmitriy Podlipayev / Nikolay Postnikov - World Discovery Kazakhstan.

Order of Dank (Glory) Instituted in 1993. Awarded to high-ranking officers in the armed forces, security forces and the supervisory personnel of the Prosecutor's office, national security agencies, Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and others, for merits in the command of troops for a high alertness and national defense; for good military organization abilities, for forder and internal service, for guaranteeing national security, enforcement of law and protection of the public order... The Order of Dank has 2 categories. The Order of Barys of 1st Class consists of a star and a symbol on a shoulder ribbon. Here is the Star. Ch. Pic : Dmitriy Podlipayev / Nikolay Postnikov - World Discovery Kazakhstan.

Claudio, I don't like posting just to say : Bravo!!, Congrats!!, Nice piece!!! etc.... But I have to make an exception here. This is a great achievement!!! . "Toutes mes f?licitations", both for your collection and history!!! Cheers. Ch.

To all, I contacted several weeks ago this magazine and its publishing house... but did not get any feed back from them. I sent several e-mails .... No answer... I, of course, will let you know if by chance I get something new... Meanwhile, I will post here more orders and medals . Ch.

The ribbon bars are mounted in a bizarre way. The smallest one (3 ribbons) displays the Order of Saharian Merit (instituted in 1958)... but not the WW2 cross and medals... Ch.

So, we can imagine this medals depicts Nadejda Krupskaia... But, I have to say I'm not able to answer the other parts of the question... Any other try to answer Christian's one? Ch.

About the Royal order of Cambodia (its fiist name) : The ribbon shown is the right one. When created in 1864, the ribbon was red with green thin stripes. In 1899 (after this Order became a Colonial Order in 1896), the ribboin became white with orange stripes. The reason fo the change : It looks too much like the Legion d'Honneur, specifically when worn as a rosette. When the Order became again a National Order in 1948, it came back to the original colors, red with green stripes. This is this last version that is displayed here. Ch.

Hi, Here is the website of the editor, the Bratishka Editions (Moscow) : http://www.bratishka.ru/anons.php?id=4&type=1 They provide a phone number where to order the book (1350 RR = 40 euros). I myself bought mine in a fair in Moscow where this editor had a booth. I slightly paid less than this price because I paid in euros in cash. I have never seen it elsewhere (150 copies only...). Hope this helps. Ch.

Do you mean this one ? Ch.

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Better scan. Ch.

Others. Ch.

Internal pages. Ch.

Medals of the Ministries and Departments of the Russian Federation. This is a new book by Ilya Kuzmichev and Alexandr Trifon, published in 2006 by Bratishka Editions (Moscow). Format 70X100mm, 240 pages, 150 copies. Very high quality of printing. This catalogue is the most complete and exhaustive existing today about the Medals of the Ministries and Departments of the Russian Federation. Are presented the medals (obverse + reverse), docs, regulations... It deals with medals from March 1992 to December 2005. It is in fact an updated version of a similar catalog published in 2004 (and already discussed in the Forum). The following Ministries and Departments' medals are included: * Ministry of Defense * Ministry of Internal Affairs * Ministry of Emergency Measures * Ministry of Justice * Federal Security Service - FSB * Frontier Guard Service * Federal Protection service - FSO * Federal Service of external Investigation - SVR * Federal Railroad Service * SPETSTROI * Federal agency for Governmental Communication and Information - FAPSI * State Communications Service * State Customs Committee * Presidential Service of Special Objects * Federal Service of Control of Narcotics Ch.

OK, let's srart... Are we talking about this medal (Medal "People's Teacher of the USSR") ? Or am I wrong ? Ch. Pic : Collectrussia.

Thanks Bryan (for the question) and Dave & Jim (for the clarification). Ch.

I just regret not having been able to take a better pic. Normally pics were forbidden in the Neruda Fundation. But the Lady who welcomes guests allowed me to take a few of them... at a certain distance. I did not want to insist... Ch.

Close-up pic. Ch. Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection

Here is a bust of Napoleon III. From left to right, we can identify the L?gion d'Honneur (medal + plaque), the M?daille Militaire, an unknown medal, and what seems to be the Medal of the Italy Campaign. Anyone has an idea of what is the 3rd medal ? Ch. Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection

A better pic of the Lenin Prize for Peace (I have not seen any posted in the Forum...) Ch. Pic : Pauling Library Oregon State

Neruda's Lenin Prize for Peace. Ch. Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection

Here are Pablo Neruda (1904?73)'s awards, as displayed in his former house La Chascona, in Santiago (Chile). Neruda, a Latin American poet and politician was awarded the Lenin Prize for Peace in 1953 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. In this display are exhibited both of them, as well as his Legion d'Honneur and other awards. He also got an Order of Lenin, not shown in the picture. Ch. Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection

Another... Ch. Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection

Close-up pic. Ch. Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection