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U NIB 04 -- Cultural Contest of the Students and Pioneers

T NIB 06 -- Badge "Ready for the Defence of Cleanliness" For sanitation work?

F NIB 16 -- Police Badge of the Arkhangai Province

F NIB 15 -- Police Badge of the Tuv Province

C NIB 07 -- 80 years of the Interior Forces of Mongolia

X NIB 07 -- 11th Conference of the Mongolian Trade Union

G NIB 04 -- Badge of the Fire Fighters of Darkhan City

E NIB 03 -- Badge "For the Border"

E NIB 02 -- 50 Years of the Border Forces

L NIB 01 and L NIB 02 -- Outstanding Miner The difference??

S NIB 07 -- Badge of the Buddhists

F NIB 14 -- 75 Years of the Police Unit of the Khovd Province

F NIB 13 -- Outstanding worker of Correction Service

J NIB 06 -- Veteran Worker of the Veterinary Service

O NIB 02 -- Labor Champion of the 1st Unit of Water and Energy Supply of the Ulaanbaatar Railway

P NIB 09 -- State Traffic Inspector of Mongolia Damaged, but, still . . . .

Here's a nice Egyptian group (better had one medal not been stripped!) that is not mine (alas), but that lives with a friend:

Wisam al-Takrim / Order of Honour The Order of Honour of the Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC) States (the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait) is awarded jointly and collectively by these six States.

PFLP-GC - Freedom Medal

Police Meritorious Service Medal Established: 1979. Ribbon: Blue with thin central stripes of white, maroon, white, maroon, white.

The breast star:

Qashah al-Istihaqaq / Sash of Merit Awarded to government ministers, ambassadors (Qatari and foreign), or to Qataris or non-Qataris who have rendered great services to the State of Qatar, to Arabs, or to humanity. A fairly common "departing ambassador" gift. The award is related to the Collar of Merit and the Order of Merit. Established: By Law No. 5 of 1978. The award is produced by Arthus Bertrand of Paris. Obverse: A 55-mm twelve-pointed dark-green-enameled gold star, with a central six-pointed gold star with floral-design points. In the center is the Qatar State emblem with the inscription in Arabic "Dawlat Qatar / Qasah al-Istihaqaq" or "The State of Qatar / Sash of Merit". The massive 91-mm gold breast star resembling the sash badge. Sash (worn over right shoulder), badge, and star (worn on left breast). Reverse: Plain. Ribbon: White with two broad maroon stripes and thin maroon edges. The sash and badge:

A few sources (there aren't many): http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/Qatar/qatar.html http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=605 http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/cintasas.htm#q (click on Qatar) http://www.medals.org.uk/qatar/qatar.htm http://www.netdialogue.com/yy/Asia/Qatar/Qatar.htm

. . . and, for this, the certificate. Unnamed (alas).

Syrian Arab Army Medal, 1962 Awarded to all members of the Syrian armed forces serving on 1 August 1962 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the Syrian Arab Army on 1 August 1945 (or is it 1946?). In 1965, the award conditions were amended to include those who had served at any time between 1 August 1945 (1946?) and 1 August 1962 who returned to active duty between 8 March 1963 (the Ba'ath takeover) and 28 April 1965 (the date of the amending decree). These conditiosn would seem to make this a very widely awarded medal. Established: By Legislative Decree No. 2648 of 13 September 1962, and amended by Legislative Decree No. 788 of 28 April 1965. Obverse: A 40-mm bronze-gilt eight-pointed rayed star, with white metal points between each ray. In the center, a circular wreath and, inside that, the Syrian eagle on a red-enameled background, with wings spread and an enameled coat of arms on its chest. Below, on a silver ribbon, the date "1945-8-1" or "1-8-1945". Depending on the accepted date for the formation of the army (1945 or 1946?), this date may be in error. Suspended by a ring. Reverse: Plain. Ribbon: 35 mm, gold with narrow stripes of black, white, red, white, and black toward each edge; 2 mm gold, 1 mm black, 1? mm white, 2? mm red, 1? mm white, 1 mm black, 16 mm gold, 1 mm black, 1? mm white, 2? mm red, 1? mm white, 1 mm black, 2 mm gold.