ilja559 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Médailles des Blessés Cette médaille est décernée à tout militaire ou assimilé ayant reçu une blessure de guerre au cours d’une campagne ou une opération de maintient de l’ordre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Cette médaille est décernée à tout militaire ou assimilé ayant reçu une blessure de guerre au cours d’une campagne ou une opération de maintient de l’ordre. For our non-francophones, this translates as: This medal is awarded to any military or equivalent [service] wounded during a [military] campaign or operation to maintain [public] order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Ilja The 'bee' on the Silver Star is a nice touch. Is it a reference to the glories of Napoleon and his empire, or does it have specific significance to Ghana? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Just found this: Loi 63-31 AN RM portant création d'Ordres nationnaux de la République du Mali http://www.sante.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Ilja The 'bee' on the Silver Star is a nice touch. Is it a reference to the glories of Napoleon and his empire, or does it have specific significance to Ghana? Peter The similar bee is on the order of the Social merit of Dahomey (later Benin). Also francophone, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Thank you for that, Taras. I know that when I lived in West Africa in the early '80s the former French colonies still had very close ties with France. Crossing Niger, for example, every roadblock on the highway, and there were many, was made up of Nigerien troops commanded by a French NCO, usually FL, and the police chiefs of the larger towns were Frenchmen as well, so I thought there was a good chance that the bee was a symbolic 'hangover' from the 'old days'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 The Silver Star of National Merit is awarded with either a Bee or a Lion in the centre of the badge. The Bee is awarded for good and loyal service rendered with efficiency, devotion, creative initiative and zeal in the field of politics, administration, economic, social, artistic or military service for at least five years; and the Lion for particularly meritorious service in any of the above mentioned fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 From a French troops medal parade this week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 ChrisWhen you say "From a French troops medal parade this week..." do you mean they fell off and were picked up afterwards, bought fro a troop in a pub or...? Enquiring minds wish to know!PeterPS. Where exactly, 'east of Toronto' are you hanging your hat these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) Please,identify this badge.Is it a police one? Edited April 3, 2018 by nickstrenk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heusy68 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) Hello Gentlemen, I have found a link with some activity concerning the Gold Medal for Independence of Mali. It refer to only 415 Awards. modibokeita.free.fr/les-medailles-dor-de-lindependance-.php Maybe this one works : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVO0njPGVEg&feature=emb_title The first photo (with cream background), Ilja shall be credited for have found that photo. Best regards to all. Emmanuel Edited February 16, 2020 by heusy68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heusy68 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Hello Gentlemen, As many of you may have heard, there has been a Coup in Mali, and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita ( known as IBK ) has resigned. Lets' have a look at some photo from the Leader (what it seems to be the Leader, as it occured 2 days ago), Colonel Malick Diaw. However it seems that it is Colonel Assimi Goita who is now presented as the Leader of the Coup ( I have not been able to get a photo this Colonel with Medals ). On the First Photo, on "Parade" Uniform he is wearing Cross of Military Valour and Medal of Military Merit. On the Second Photo in Field Uniform, he is wearing Cross of Military Valour, Medal of Military Merit, and Commemorative Medal of Campaign. We can bet that the Commemorative Medal of Campaign was awarded as such to malian army troops involved in operation against jihadist in North Mali since 2012, thus no specific medal seems to have been issued for this long lasting war. If anyone on this forum may have records, for which purpose he got awarded the Cross of Military Valour, that would be interesting. Regards to all. Emmanuel Edited August 20, 2020 by heusy68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ninja Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Long time ago, I had come upon a yearbook of national orders of Mali, from 1979. It contains photos (very low quality), of orders and medals existing at the time, as well as complete laws and lists of people awarded the National order. It is in French. If there is interest, I can post the entire book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted October 4 Author Share Posted October 4 Oooh, yes please. Even low-grade images at least give an idea of what to look for and I always am on the lookout for regulations. French no problem 🤓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heusy68 Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Hello El Ninja, That would be great if yiu could post photo of that book. I have myself a book from the Chancellery of Centrafrique, but in very bad condition. Best regards. Emmanuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 (edited) Dear Lady and Gentlemen, In the hieroglyphic alphabet of Egypt, the bee symbolizes royalty. The bees were adopted as emblems by Louis XII and the Empire. Under the reign of Napoleon III, the motif of the 'Bee' motif in Napoleonic heraldry took on a meaning with the Industrial Revolution, becoming the symbol of the 'working classes' protected by the emperor. The bee saw itself, according to the writer Jean-François Demange, as "the indefatigable worker working for the benefit of the community". The bee is a symbol of concord, gentleness (it makes honey with a sweet flavor), hope, obedience, work (it works and hoards ceaselessly), diligence. Journal officiel du Mali de l'annee 1961 (sgg-mali.ml) page 694 loi 104 portant creation d'Ordres nationaux Décret 97-210 P RM portant création de l'Ordre du mérite de la santé (sante.gov.ml) Yours sincerely, No one Edited October 6 by No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted October 6 Author Share Posted October 6 (edited) Splendid! Thank you, No One. Loi 104 of 1961 was updated a couple of years later, the newer version can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/20140313042536/http://www.sante.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=87 Edited October 6 by Megan Added some more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ninja Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Here is the link to the book. I hope it works. Mali_yearbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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