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    May we post Chechen awards here?

    Order of Schamil

    Not much known, but in two classes. Named after Schamil, one of the anti-Russian Chechen leaders of the nineteenth centuiry.

    Screwbacked, with a slightly "Soviet" feel, but of fairly light construction.

    See other Chechen awards at http://www.syrtash.com/showgallery.php?cat=561

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    Dear Ed,

    many thanks for sharing these rare awards with us :beer: .

    It had been new to me, that Chechens issue awards :o .

    Do other islamistic groups also have their awards - or is that only a habit in the former Soviet Union?

    Maybe there exists somewhere an "Order of Allah" or an medal for "Merits to the Jihad" ;) .

    Best regards

    Christian

    P.S.: The Catholic Church (Vatican) has its Orders & Medals :P .

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    Ed,

    Great thread; thanks for posting. I have a silver-level badge myself, and seem to recall there being a third (maybe bronze?) class, but don't seem to have saved a scan, nor have one in my possession.

    What little I do know of the awards is that they appeared after the first war ('94-96), and were likely issued up into the second ('99 to present) by the nationalist faction that touched off the first war under Dudayev & Maskadov, rather than the foreign islamic extremists that dominated the second (hence the picture of nationalist Shamil in the center). I've never seen any other Chechen decorations except for these, though there's quite a prolific set of patches out there, as I understand.

    If anyone out there would happen to have a photo of these awards being worn, that would be gangbusters :jumping:

    Gaffken

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    Ilja--amazing! :jumping:

    I've never seen these before...I just wish I could read Chechen. The Groznyy medal is particularly interesting...it seems to show an image of the old Presidential Palace there.

    Are you aware of any more Chechen awards besides these?

    Gaffken

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