taras

Thanks, Nick :beer:

The odd twins: Prussian and Hawaiian orders of the Crown (the end of the 20th century)

Finland - Mussolini's Republic of Salo - Lithuania

What an interesting perspective Taras, and thank you all others for contributing to it!

Odulf, thanks for your kind words! :beer:

And - look at much more surprising similarity:

Haitian Empire (mid 19-th century) - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1970s)

USA - Honduras

El Salvador - South Vietnam

This is an unofficial medal in honour of 20th anniversary of the Ukrainian Navy and in a memory of its first Chief - admiral Boris Kozhin

Strange similarities:

Albania - Moldova

Malta - Singapore

United States - Dominican republic - Honduras

And once again! Back to the pair #2...

(Ethiopia-Montenegro-Colombia)

...and #3

(Armenia-France-Armenia - the new Order of the Glory)

Seven orders for ex-combatants

http://amrtimor.org/combat/index.php?page=2

Timor-Leste, the Order of the Merit

Patiala (Indian Princely state) - Malawi

...and Tunisia-Cameroon

Oops, sorry

Republic of Congo-Mali-Senegal

The stars of "Afrique Francophone" - a common shape. Arthus Bertrand I presume?

Republic of Congo-Mali-Senegal

and Upper Volta/Burkina Faso-Niger

...and (just for bonus track) Bolivia-Cuba-Guatemala-Peru

Spain-Greece

Liberia-Portugal

You are totally right. Moreover, this archetype (something encircled by a cereal wreath) is usual for Soviet and communist heraldry - from the very first Soviet order of the Red Banner and all types of the Soviet coat-of-arms

By the way, there were the numerous unrealized (or unofficial) projects of the Soviet orders based on this principle. For example:

Very interesting thread.

I think that from a commercial/manufacturing point of view it makes sense to offer to use common dies and then change enamelling and central medallion. That way the 'extra die costs' are only for the central medallion. Its like wearing the same colour shirt with a different tie.

This is someting that would not be possible in the case of ODMs that are of single piece construction.

As for the post above, common ideology, rather than common dies are evidently the reason for the similarity.

Keep them coming!!!

Jim

Of course, when we are talking about the communist leaders Kim and Dimitrov, the ideological similarity is obvious,

but Alexander the First was the KING of Yugoslavia

Anyway Jim, thank for your kind words :beer:

Here is an amusing company: Kim Il-sung, Georgi Dimitrov and Alexander I of Yugoslavia

...and stars

Egypt-Libya: badges