taras Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 USA - Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 When Iran wasn't yet the Islamic republic, it could afford such loans Panama - Iran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 These are the classic Japanese orders (both established in 1888): And these are the current Turkish orders (since 2013): The modern Turkish designers seem to be deeply inspired by the old Japanese school: A little bit unexpected intercultural exchange, hmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 The badge of the guards units (initially established in the Soviet Union in 1942). 1st row: USSR - modern Russia (three types) 2nd row: Belarus - Kazakhstan - Tajikistan (the National guard and the football club) 3rd row: Russian-sponsored unrecognized "republics" (Transnistria, Donetsk, Abkhazia) - communist Cuba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Gentlemen, several pages ago I posted this pair: I thought the star on the right was the decoration of the Sultanat Kathiri (South Arabia). But I was wrong. It turned out to be just a carnival German decoration. Ok, that star isn't from Kathiri - but maybe this one is? Can somebody help to identify this decoration? Because Emedals couldn't)) Edited February 24, 2016 by taras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi taras, it is not a carnival decoration, it is a Schlaraffia decoration. See the logo in the middle: http://www.infrundsbergsmauern.de/index.php?id=7 I'm sure, that the decoration from eMedals has the same base, with an added handcraft (in German: Bastelarbeit), to "upvalue" the Schlaraffia decoration to an arabic decoration. Uwe And this is my answer in 2013: Hi taras, the piece on the right is not from the Sultanat Kathiri. It is a decoration from the German society "Schlaraffia". See the central crest: http://www.infrundsbergsmauern.de/index.php?id=7 Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi Uwe, Thank for your explanation. But I am still confused by the Arabic inscription on the crescent (of course if it is really Arabic). To be honest I can't see any direct connection between the German society and the Arabic script and symbolism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi taras, it is from the first Schlaraffia-Reych Praga, and it is named "Orden vom Stern des Hadramauth". The members of the Schlaraffia had and have fancy names, fancy titles and fancy decorations. You want an example?: Schlaraffia name: Mono-Fex der Quimo-Tropische possible decorations: Haus-Orden, Devast-Medaille some (not all!) titles: Humanistischer Freistil-Fechser, Herzog von Itabira, Student der Frau Wirtin an der Lahn, Ritter der weissen Orchidee, Caballero de la Pampa, Fürstlich Höllensteinscher Hofpoet I'm not willing or able, to translate all that! Schlaraffen want to have fun, "...with a pledge of friendship, art and humor." Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Wow. That's great. Very aristocratic and very self-ironic at the same time . Thanks, Uwe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Romania - Burundi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 From XX to XXI century: The Reload. Hungary, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of Merit Bulgaria, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of Civil Merit Serbia, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of White Eagle Czechoslovakia -> Czech Republic: Order of White Lion Romania, Kingdom -> Republic: Order of Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Soviet Union, Medal "XX Years of Red Army" (1938) - Burkina Faso, Order "Red Star of Revolution" (1985-19 87) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Soviet Union - communist Hungary - communist Afghanistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Red stars again. Napoleonic Spain - communist Bulgaria. And just as a bonus: Czechoslovakian cap badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Northern Palms: France - Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 First France. Then Niger. And finally Russia. (On the right - "For the contribution to the international cooperation", the decoration awarded by the russian ministry of foreign affairs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Originality is highly over rated. It is also, given the basic building blocks - circle, star or triangle + primary colours and gold or silver - damn near impossible in flags, medals and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Impossible is nothing. I know at least 15 totally original, 'like-no-other' national honours systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 White stripe, black stripe - pff, who cares? Russian Federation - unrecognized "Donetsk people's republic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 The medal "Hero of Tajikistan" Oops, sorry. The wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Russian Federation - unrecognized "Donetsk people's republic", #2 And let me introduce the official bird of "DPR". Its biological name is still unknown to me, but the anatomy never fails to impress: two heads but no legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 On 22.04.2016 at 20:00, taras said: Soviet Union, Medal "XX Years of Red Army" (1938) - Burkina Faso, Order "Red Star of Revolution" (1985-19 87) Not twins - but triplets (on the right - Albanian communist medal "Red star") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Oceanian Inspiration, or How To Say 'Aloha' In Romanian? Kingdom of Hawaii (1880) - Kingdom of Romania (1932, ie. more than 50 years later) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 Japan - South Ossetia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 USA - Seychelles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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