Ed_Haynes Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 "US President George W. Bush, left, receives the 'National Flag Order' medal from his Albanian counterpart Alfred Moisiu, right, at the Palace of the Brigades in Tirana, Albania, on Sunday June 10, 2007. Bush started the working part of a quick, six-hour visit to Albania, arriving in Tirana from Rome and ahead of his departure for Bulgaria in the afternoon.(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)"(AP News Photo)http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070610/481/tir12706101350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 How times have changed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 How times have changed!Oh yesssss.And the irony is one reason I posted it here, though post-socialist (obviously). Also, there was no logical other place to put it where we'd see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Lang Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 and... what happened to President G.W. Bush's wristwatch?...Excuse me the off-topic question!Best wishes,Enzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albania Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 (edited) hello!just a little secret. the guy that prepared the order for Mr Bush is my friend and the best jewlerer in albania. I saw the actual medal about 24 hours before it was awarded and it looked nice nice nice. it is made of golden plated silver. This is the fourth order awarded of the same . need to know more?contact me at: elviscenko@gmail.com Edited July 8, 2007 by albania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Lang Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Hello,it is nice to know that the quality of Albanian orders is improving. Anyways, I think that besides the aesthetical point of view and the jewellers' craftsmanship, what matters to us collectors should be the historical point of view. Of course, if on a dealer's table I see an Austrian knight's cross of the Leopold Orden and an Albanian Urdh?ri i Flammurit, both in gold, I'm naturally "attracted" from the first one, although the second is rarer.I can say that collecting non-USSR orders and decorations from the eastern countries is a very interesting and relatively non-expensive field of interest. Excellent for beginners, especially because the risk of buying fakes is lower than, for instance, the ancient German states and, last but not least, the III Reich.Best wishes,Enzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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