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Great Britain - Greece

Yes I know - this pic is poor But it's better than nothing, isn't? The star of the Order of Devotion (communist period)

Wow! I have RD and RPB versions but I've never seen before such a beautiful close-up of RB! Thank you, Emmanuel!

Hi Gentlemen Is this an earlier type of the Order?

Frankly speaking I don't rememeber where's this pic from :)

OGW

Cambodia - Zambia http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/47863-zambia-order-of-the-grand-companion-of-freedom/

A little bit about Soviet legacy:) Hero's Golden Stars of Russian Federation, USSR, Belarus, People's Republics of Bulgaria and Albania k

My pleasure :)

An odd couple: Estonia and Ugandan tribal kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara

I'm sure the item #21923 is from Guatemala. The sun is a dominant element in the heraldry of Argentina and Uruguay

Hi Gentlemen! Does anyone know anything about the orders and medals of modern (post-socialist) Albania? Thanks

... and from the Partisan Glory badge.

Bob, on 05 March 2010 - 12:10 , said:Interesting point. Just guessing: - could be due to the country of manufacture influencing the design? Happy guess, Bob . There are the guns (good old PPSh's) from the Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal...

I almost sure they thought: Just look how we are modern and advanced! We put on our stars the machine-guns whereas poor Westerners still draw on their orders the rusty swords!

By the way: I wonder why did they choose so archaic kind of the weapon? It's PPSh - the Soviet WW II' machine gun. Most of other afro-asiatic communist countries (like Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Algeria etc) prefered to use in their heraldry more modern, sophisticated and familiar Kalashnikov

Wow! Incredible one! Respect and congratulations!

I think it is the Papal order of Pius IX

Dear Megan, unfortunately, unfortunately and one more time unfortunately these pics aren't mine. They are taken from the Net. I've been in Slovakia several months ago and I realized the Slovakian awards are near impossible to be found. But I can give you this adress of the Slovakian ".gov-site". I'm sure it would be real "Fair use" because this information was distributed officially. http://www.prezident.sk/?state-decorations Best

And (try to guess ) - yes! the third grade!

The second grade:

And there're modern Slovakian decorations: 1st grade of the Prince Pribina's cross

And there're modern Slovakian decorations: 1st grade of the Prince Pribina's cross

And the revers of the cross:

The avers of the Grand Officer's cross: