Ed_Haynes

US General David Petraeus has appeared in official snaps wearing a mystery (Iraqi?) ribbon. He has just taken over as commander of the multinational force in Iraq.

Since its Ukranian "cousin", got bumped, I thought I'd (shamelessly) bump this one too.

And this.

Let me know if you need more?

Wow. Had this.

Will need to fetch it home for scanning, I think. Let me look and, if needed, get back to you on this.

Inside . . .

. . . Chosin Inmin Konghwa Kuk Noryok Yongung Ch'ingho / Labor Hero of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea.

Thanks, Tang Si and Doc for helping this in its journey to live with me!

A nice little wooden box. It won't scan well, need the camera?

Outside, the impressed PDRK coat of arms. (It may take some imagination, but it IS there. Really.)

And the Research Medal (imaging still leaving something to be desired).

The best I can do with the various Management Medal images.

Thanks for bumping this one, Gerd. It remains one of my favorite guests. And there is some long-shot hope of research possibilities, currently being explored.

I am woirking on the photos. They need some tender, loving care. Watch this space . . . .

Well, He -- Ras Tafar I ["Eye", as in "I and I"] -- wouldn't have gotten any nasty non-imperial gongs, as He had fled the country (again) during those days.

Information on socialist Ethiopia is hard to come by -- the new collecting wave (for sure!)??

Someplace, I have an aging-but-lovely photo of Him at John F. Kennedy's funeral, standing side-by-side with de Gaulle (at half his height). Full (and I do mean FULL) medals.

And hope that when The Day comes, the publisher (actually the copy editor/book designer) doesn't make a dog's dinner out of it (between first and second proofs). Have been struggling, and drinking, and weeping over such a situation all day today.

Nice pictures, Gerd. If you can't get the medals, you can have their images?

Oh . . . wow . . .

Gentlemen,

I notice that Saujanya Books offers a book by Karma Ura, titled Deieties, Archers and Planners in the Era of Decentralisation, and in the contents it quotes Chapter 6: Medalic Decorations.

Now, this appears to me very intriguing. Does anyone knows the book? It was published in Thimpu in 2004, and has ISBN 99936-663-0-1.

Dragomir

Very VERY interesting. Let me look.

And what is a Fenian ? ;-)

Well, as is usually the case, it depends entirely on who you ask.

They might have been Irish Freedom Fighters, attempting to liberate Canada from the Yoke of English Oppression.

They might have been American Terrorists.

Other possibilities exist.

Nice. Many thanks!!

More, more, more.

What is the naming? And which clasp?

Nice post, Dave. Had not seen this one before. Sometimes the internet eats things?

I have, and let me find, numbers for the Indian Army. I can't say, however, as far as medals awarded to natives (of the British Isles) are concerned.

He apparently eneterd the European theater of operations too late to qualify for the 1939-45 Star. These groups missing the 1939-45 Star are oddities and there is usually an interesting story. (Or there is some very sloppy mounting involved!)

Other than the MiD leaf, there are no clasps or other devices to the War Medal.

See also: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11116

Interesting, Bob. Questions worth asking. Shall do so. In a couple of weeks.

It is a really good question. Someplace, I have seen that information, . . . ???

Well, both hero stars have indicators for subsequent awards, but they live on another cosmic plane.

Well, thats new to me, as far as i knew, only documented Labor-awards are traceable with a bit luck. But of course a Lenin is a high award, so there were MAYBE other archives of Lenin-holders, which we don?t know about.

Not yet, but some say "soon".

We can hope. Anything numbered has records.