Yemen medals

[Bob]

When in doubt, always take pictures :cheers:

[oamotme]

Bob,

This is a ceremony following the conclusion of the failed seccession in 1994 of the integrated PDRY into RoY and Ali Abdullah Saleh is awarding the Order of the War Wounded to the families of those soldiers killed during the fighting.

The "new" medal in the Sana'a Military Museum is the one class Order of Merit and comes in various issues:

Industry

Sport

Science (illustrated)

Art & Literature

Agriculture

Co-operation

The central design, inscription and central ribbon stripe colour varies.

Regards,

Owain.

PS I am currently working on a draft on the awards of YAR/RoY for submission to JOMSA

[Bob]

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!

[Bob]

Reverse

[taras]

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!

[HenkWillem]

Thank you for posting these interesting awards!

[oamotme]

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

[taras]

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

[Bob]

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

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?

[taras]

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]

That could indeed also be a possibility :cheers:

[taras]

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...

[taras]

... and from the Partisan Glory badge.

[Bob]

Excellent Taras! GMIC never ceases to amaze me! :)