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Thank you "No One" , I have to agree that it is hard to get accurate translation from chinese , especially when it is about old chinese medals ( before WWII ). There was a book published some years ago about the Order of China, then the author choose to publish a book about the Medal of the Chinese Empire ( before 1912 ). He had in mind the publishing of a 3rd book about Medals of China ( 1912 - 1949 ?? ), but due to the relative flop of the 2nd book never published the 3rd one. I remember having asking him the question about this Ministry of Transportation Order, and he replied me that in China, collectors were considering it as a Medal, not as an Order ( nevertheless it is clearly a multi class award ). Long time ago a well known british dealer had a breast star of the second version of the Ministry of Transportation "Medal" the one used from 1929 onwards till ?? 1937.....no idea if it was issued after. Anyway warm thanks for putting some lights on a topic, few do research on. Best regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, And here is a brand new medal from 2021. Brunei Armed Forces 60th Anniversary 1961-2021. The medal is 36 millimeters in diameter and is 36 grammes. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Here is the Medal Silver Jubilee Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 1967-1992. This medal exist in 3 ranks : Bronze, Silver, Gold, and likely real gold for the Sultan himself and Sultan from Malaysia who may have attended the Jubilee Celebration. Due to its suspension, this medal is very fragile, and often found the disc broken off from suspender. The diameter of the medal is 38 millimeters. The weight ( for the 2 I own ), is 41 grammes. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, And here is Brunei Sultan Omar Ali Coronation Medal 1951 This medal is 32 millimeters in diameter. Weight is 28 grammes. Regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Here is Brunei Sultan Omar Taimur Silver Jubilee 1949 The medal is 32 millimeters in diameter and weight is 28 grammes. Regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Hello Warren, These are the Coronation Medal Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in 1968 Their diameter is 38 millimeters. The silver one is 37 Grammes The gold one is 45 Grammes. But the silver one is thicker, look last photo, I put them side by side, to show difference of thickness. Regards. Emmanuel

Hello Warren The Coronation Medal of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, yes 2 classes. 1 in gold ( real cold ). On the case the word EMAS is used ( malay word for gold ). 2 in silver ( and it is high grade silver ). On the case the word PERAK is used ( malay word for silver ). Few surface on the "continent", so best chance is to look for auction in the UK. Best regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, I have very very few time to post. But here is obverse & reverse : Colombia Medal Fe & la Causa for the Air Force. The diameter of the pendant of the medal is 55 millimeter, but height with crown is 78 millimeters. The Air Force one's is 71 Grammes. The army one's on an above posted is 68 grammes. The Navy one's is 72 grammes. Size is similar for these 3 corps. Made by GRANADOS en Bogota. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Here is the Medal Fé en la Causa of the Colombian Navy "Medalla Fé en la Causa de la Armada Nacional"; and YES the ribbon shown on Mr Prieto Web Page is incorrect It's again a very beautifull and very well made modern medal. Best regards. E.Halleux

Hello Gentlemen, Here is a photo obverse & reverse of the Fé en la Causa Medal from the Colombian Army "Medalla Fé en la Causa del Ejército Nacional", and in its red velvet case of issue. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Hello Gordon, There is 4 Fé en la Causa, the one you show us here , is the one awarded in the name of the General Command of the Armed Forces of Colombia. I had in my collection, the breast one, but it's the first time I see one as a neck badge. It exist also a Fé en la Causa for the Army, another one for the Navy, and a last one for the Air Force. I only have seen them as breast badges (all the 4 above mentioned). But the quality of workmanship is very good for a modern medal. Best regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, The Royal Commemorative Medals of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, are rare on market. Usually you found the decree on the online platform of Luxembourg Gouvernment Legilux.com The last medal to have been mentioned on Legilux was the medal for 25 Years of reign of Grand Duke John of Luxembourg in 1989. I acquired yesterday in an auction in Paris, what seems to me a possible tender, as 1st of all, I have never heard about such a medal before, 2nd no mention on Legilux The medal is made by Arthus Bertrand, who also manufactured the Grand Duke John 25 Years of reign. The medal is 28 Millimeters in diameters, 50 Millimeters height to tip of cross on crown. Tickness : 2 Millimeters. Weight : 16 Grammes. To compare, the Grand Duke John Silver Jubilee has a weight of 18 grammes without its ribbon. (small 2 grammes weight difference for medals of equal size & equal crown). There is a very weak triangle AB ( for Arthus Bertrand ) mark on rim, and a better made punch mark on the ring. The reverse bear MM for 2000 in Latin, the year of Accession. Grand Duke Henri ascended the Throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on 7 October 2000, after his father the Grand Duke John had announced on 24 December 1999 that he was going to abdicate the throne the next year. I do remember that the ceremony was shortly postponed due to the car crash accident of the younger brother of Grand duke Henri , the Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg and his wife Princess Sybille on 11 September 2000, as initially the planned date for accession was 28 September 2000. Concerning the medal, I believe it was proposed to the Authorities of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by manufacturer Arthus Bertrand, but not approved. Actually the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a long tradition of issueing a Medal for the Wedding of the Heir toi Throne ( John in 1953, Henri in 1981, Guillaume in 2012 : Guillaume the son of Grand Duke Henri, not his brother !!!!, and in 2 occasion, a medal for Jubilee ( ie 50the Years of Reign of Adolph & 25 Years of John ). ie : I will do another post concerning the Wedding Medal of Heir to Throne Guillaume of Luxembourg in 2012, because this very specific medal is NOT in Legilux, but I do believe that Grand Duke Henri had paid from his own money for this medal (even if I have no proof, that make sense, and I will explain why in a further post). I would like to know if someone, in Luxembourg, in the Palace, or elsewhere had heard about this Accession Medal, and if ever a specific ribbon was planned for it ? And if yes, would it be possible to get such a ribbon. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, It could be : International Military Sport Council : Order of Merit Officer. The ribbon colours are exactly matching. This award is praised by Military from all nations, I remember I did a post on this Forum in May June 2020 about Botswana, and the award worn by their Chief of Satff, he was wearing that very Order ! https://www.milsport.one/medias/fdvprfiles.php?d=ZmljaGllcnM=&f=MTNfQ0lTTV9PcmRlcl9vZl9NZXJpdDIucGRm&s=1fdfa280a169dc1f3628744679835fc5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Sports_Council Regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, So, definitely the medal mentioned above is Vanuatu 40th Anniversary Indepedence , and it is manufactured by Chrsitie's PTY Sydney. https://nagrikdialogue.in/deepak-khanna-first-indian-to-receive-highest-civilian-honor-in-the-republic-of-vanuatu/ Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Ilja, A pity better picture are not available. I've been through the same link as you did. The onliest thing I can state, is that, this award , is actually the Distinguished Service Medal to Mrs Agatha Aracher. Regards. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, These 2 years have been tumultuous for the planet, some countries have been more spared from covid than others, Vanuatu being one of them. There had been a Medal for the 40th Anniversary of Independence, in 2020, https://www.loopvanuatu.com/vanuatu-news/presidential-medal-honour-103584 The article, and the document fold at right hand side of the medal refer to Certificate of National Honor, but the document at left refer to 40th Anniversary Medal. Anyways, this Medal was presented, in 2021, to Deepak Khanna, for his extensive contribution in the field of Vanuatu's media & telecommunication. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, It is now ELM of Singapore that produce the 4 Awards of the Police of Tonga, their name is on reverse of the hook attachment pin. Worcestershire Medal had minted King George Tupou V & King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal. LSGC, MSM Medals from King George Tupou IV might have been produced in Germany, if BlackcowboyBS got some more information about the company Borek, this would be interesting. WORTH, the company of Philip Eagleton had manufactured and designed almost all the Orders, especially from the time of King Georges V 2006-2012. Regards. Emmanuel

Here are some close up photo of the very same medal. The medal is 35 millimeters in diameter and 3 millimeters thick. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Here is a group that was issued to Captain Chandra Singh Gurung from Nepalese Contingent during WWII. Nepal supplied 8000 troops to India ( British India on that time ). Often this medal, when found as single, got a kind of "replacement ribbon" , I mean these replacement ribbon were made in Nepal too, but due to clothing difference, I assume after the war. I've been myself to Kathmandu in Feb 2006, very nice and authentic area, and still on that time, amazing museum. But I did not found good medal there, maybe not enough time. Regards. Emmanuel

Hello John, Hello Gentlemen, Here is a scan with all the Medal of the Argentina Navy in my collection, those are all non awarded. All seems in silver-gilt. I know some have been also striken in gold, and a year later another dealer contacted me, with a lot of un-attributed medal ( Argentina Army Navy & Air Force ), in gold, for sale ( he sowed me photo, I went to Buenos Aires, but price was really really high, and he wanted to sell them all...., one of his medal was in Silver, I objected that, and asked if that one (which I had not previously), he would agree to sell, reluctantly he agreed, so at least I had one more. A bit of stress when I existed Buenos Aires Airport, but it seems they did not looked up at all. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Here are the 2 Commemorative Medals : El Congresso de la Nacion a los Combatante en Malvinas. One is in silver, and named on reverse to : Carlos Correa Regards to all. Emmanuel

This is the Argentina Navy Medal Operaciones Internacionales, with clasp HAITI. This medal issued to AI SSAM JUAN CARLOS ESPINDOLA. The medal is also hallmarked on its reverse. The way I got this medal, I was in Vietnam, there was a seller in Argentina, on a well known online auction site, and he was selling that medal. We were in 2006, I won the auction, after I had to send to the seller 50 $ for the gasoline to drive to Buenos Aires Airport Pistarini to ship by Fedex. And I got it. I did 3 more trip to Argentina in 2016 to 2018, but I was never shown this medal for sale there. If ever someone, got a similar medal, for sale, for Golfo Persico, or any other pasador, I would be very inetersted. Regards to all. Emmanuel

This is the Argentina Navy - Armada de Argentina Medal for Operaciones de Combate, issued for Malvinas ( Falklands ). To : SSAE J.AGUILAR 1982. This medal is hallmarked on reverse. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello John, Hello Gentlemen, It is indeed a fascinating topic that the modern Argentina Medals are. Outside of Argentina, there seems to be a lack of enthusiasm, maybe driven by the fact, that you mostly need to go to Argentina to get them. Eventho, they are NEVER available, or when one is available, you always need to negociate. One fact is not well known, is that for an action you may got 2 medals, like here the 2 Medals issued to Claudio Scaglione, for Dead in Combat ( Muerto en Combate ). On the left, the Medal of the Nation, that I have got with its small black leather pillow ( on reverse of that one : CONSCRIP C/62 -- CLAUDIO ESCAGLIONE -- 2 IV 83 ), and the Medal da Armada Murio Heroicamente en Combate ( Navy Medal , on reverse of that one : CC62 CLAUDIO SCAGLIONE ). The 2 Medals were likely put on his coffin. Both Medals are hallmarked. The Medal of the Nation is in Silver, 100 % sure, the Medal of the Navy, it is a manufacturer hallmark. Very emotive tho to get the leather black pillow. Regards to all. Emmanuel

On the reverse of the sash badge, and also on the reverse of the breast star are the motto of the Belize : SUB UMBRA FLOREO in latin = I flourish in the Shade in english. The hallmark on reverse of the breast star reads : "925" It's the first time I encounter this award, as it is NOtT one of the listed 3 Order of Belize Regards to all. Emmanuel