taras

USA - Seychelles

Japan - South Ossetia

It looks like a butchered El Sol del Peru

The Oceanian Inspiration, or How To Say 'Aloha' In Romanian?

Kingdom of Hawaii (1880) - Kingdom of Romania (1932, ie. more than 50 years later)

On 22.04.2016 at 20:00, taras said:

Soviet Union, Medal "XX Years of Red Army" (1938) - Burkina Faso, Order "Red Star of Revolution" (1985-19 87)

Not twins - but triplets

(on the right - Albanian communist medal "Red star")

Russian Federation - unrecognized "Donetsk people's republic", #2

And let me introduce the official bird of "DPR".

Its biological name is still unknown to me, but the anatomy never fails to impress: two heads but no legs

The order of the Honour on the manufacturer's website (the russian mint Goznak): http://goznak.ru/products/100/

The sources are pretty numerous

For example: http://steptos.com/olympics/where-were-the-summer-olympic-games-in-1952

"Olympic Games 1952 in Helsinki, famous for one fun fact. They entered the history of the Olympic Movement as a game that has not been closed. August 3 at the closing ceremony of the games IOC President Sigfrid Engström said oration, but forgot to say the final phrase ascribed Charter: "I declare the XV Olympic Games closed." Olympics in Helsinki lasted two weeks, but was not completed until now".

The medal "Hero of the Republic of Tajikistan"

The medal "For the assistance to the ministry of the internal affairs"

The star of the order "Ismoili Somoni"

The medal "Hero of Tajikistan"

Oops, sorry. The wrong thread

You can get more details on Nazarbayev's decorations (including the "Ismoili Somoni" order) by following this link: 

https://strategy2050.kz/en/news/28906

That is about the exhibition of the foreign orders awarded to him. But I must warn: the quality of the pictures leaves a lot to be desired(((

White stripe, black stripe - pff, who cares?

Russian Federation - unrecognized "Donetsk people's republic"

The Star of the President

1st grade:

2nd grade:

3rd grade:

Impossible is nothing. I know at least 15 totally original, 'like-no-other' national honours systems

First France. Then Niger. And finally Russia.

(On the right - "For the contribution to the international cooperation", the decoration awarded by the russian ministry of foreign affairs)

The Olympic Games 1952 officially last till now, because the President of the International Olympic Committee forgot in his speech to declare that Olympiad closed.

Northern Palms: France - Belgium

Red stars again.

Napoleonic Spain - communist Bulgaria.

And just as a bonus: Czechoslovakian cap badge.

Do you remember this strange star from one of the old threads? They are practically twins:

Thank you, Paja. That's really interesting. I didn't know that the Order of the Crown was designed by academician Krasnov (though when I have been in Belgrade a couple years ago I even saw his tomb).

Soviet Union - communist Hungary - communist Afghanistan

Soviet Union, Medal "XX Years of Red Army" (1938) - Burkina Faso, Order "Red Star of Revolution" (1985-19 87)

It sounds a little too jealous

4 hours ago, pieter1012 said:

Hi Augustin,

indeed a beautiful example of this rare and short lived order. Actually, it is the first order of the kingdom of the Netherlands. His big brother Napoleon was not pleased at all with this action of Louis Napoleon. He wrote to his brother an angry letter, part of which says "vous marcher trop legerement et trop vite. Vous creez des ordres de chevalerie, ce qui est une chose ridicule. La Legion d'honneur n'a jamais ete consideree comme un ordre de chevalerie". Clear language.

Pieter

This letter is very interesting and at the same time "une chose ridicule". Napoleon wrote it (most probably) in 1807. But a few months later, at the beginning of 1808, the Knight's grade of the LH was instituted. And so La Legion d'honneur itself has become "un ordre de chevalerie"

From XX to XXI century: The Reload.

Hungary, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of Merit

Bulgaria, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of Civil Merit

Serbia, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of White Eagle

Czechoslovakia -> Czech Republic: Order of White Lion

Romania, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of Star