taras

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?

Taras,you have forgotten to note that Liverpool sells it as Order of the Burning Spear Knight.

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

What a great thread! Thanks, Taras.

Hugh

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...

Interesting point. Just guessing:

- could be due to the country of manufacture influencing the design?

- could be due to Yemen... how shall i put it... not being the most modern of societies and therefore still using old weapons?

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!

Bob,

Obverse A five pointed star with two crossed rifles across the two lower arms of the star. Across the two horizontal arms the raised inscription, "Hero of Yemen"

Reverse Recessed and plain other than mounting for crossed rifles.

Size 31mm diameter in bronze-gilt, of Hungarian manufacture.

Ribbon 21mm - equal stripes of black, white and red. An enamel shield 8mm x 10mm, of the colours of the P.D.R.Y. is affixed to the centre of the ribbon.

Suspension A narrow bar affixed by a central "V" by a link to a loop on the uppermost arm of the star.

This award is similar in style to such "Hero" stars issued by other communist bloc countries and would have been senior to many other awards

Owain

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

Here for something deep in a shoe box in a bank vault, spending the night at my house before going back to a safe place tomorrow.

Socialist era hero star.

The heart of my very small Yemen collection!

Wow! Incredible one! Respect and congratulations!

Is General Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas wearing an order from Nepal?

http://upload.wikime...renc_Farkas.jpg

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: