Vatjan

Ordre du Mono of the Republic of Togo

National Order of Tchad

Well, Ed, I know you'll be in Amsterdam, then going to Paris, you'll come straight through Brussels. Stop off, we'll have a beer, and go the Army Museum together, which also has a great collection. Now where were we? Ah yes: Senegal

Order of the Leopard , Democratic Republic of Congo Version

one more: Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)

Upper-Volta

National Order of Niger

Morroco Mohamed V Order

Close-up

Order of Malagsy??

National Order of the Ivory Coast

Order of the Equatorial Star of Gabon

National Order of Dahomay

I think they have everything, but I'm not sure Anyway, this is what they have

I really like this one

"Ordre du Merite Congolaise" of Congo (Brazzaville)

Central African Republic

National Order of Cameroun

I was in the Museum of the "Ordre de la Lib?ration" in Paris, a few days ago. There is a large exhibit with De Gaulle's orders. Quite a few of them from African countries. Sorry for the lousy quality of the pix, the lighting was awful, and no flash allowed (of course) First off: the National Order of Mauritania

Well, here's mine, not researched,...as yet Jan

Euuh, I'd like to see a picture of the reverses before offering an opinion about the authenticity Jan

On several occasions Dr B had the serial number, of the items shown in his book, changed (Photoshop) This is the case also with n?115 wich is in reality presumably n? 315 or 415 Jan

It's not a book, but an article in a magazine. The article is very general in nature and does not give any indications to names and numbers of foreign soldiers, who were awarded St George crosses or medals. Except for the mention that the ACM received 104 crosses and medals on september 4, 1916 in Izerna. Jan

Most of these were, and are still, awarded to foreigners, hence hard to find in Mongolia Jan

They definitely started at "1" again each time they changed the design, I've seen type 1's with serial numbers in the 700 range, type 2 n?s 57-2800+, and a type 3 n?2. Now, to know if they were replacements that is hard say, I've no idea. On the other hand there were approx 3000 type 2 awarded and they are fairly common, but there were approx 2500 Red Banner for Military Valor Orders awarded which are MUCH, MUCH rarer. Their design changed more drastically also. So maybe these were exchanged and Polar stars not. Remember I do not know, I'm just thinking aloud So to quote Rick: We need documented Orders Book and awards SETS SETS SETS Jan