taras Posted December 10, 2016 Author Posted December 10, 2016 What will you get after crossing a flower with a lion? A bird, of course! One flower (principality of Lippe) plus one lion (Czechoslovakia)... ... equals one quetzal (Guatemala)
BalkanCollector Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 Such an interesting topic. Thanks to all of you who posted.
taras Posted December 11, 2016 Author Posted December 11, 2016 On 10.12.2016 at 19:17, BalkanCollector said: Such an interesting topic. Thanks to all of you who posted.
taras Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Nice bows)). It seems that 100-150 years ago they used to be very trendy in both Maghreb and Far East (Tunisia - Japan, Satsuma-Ryukyu) So, Happy New Year to All))) Edited December 31, 2016 by taras
taras Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Order of Friendship of Peoples/Order of Friendship Soviet Union - Russian Federation (1992-1994) - Belarus - Russian Federation (since 1994)
taras Posted February 18, 2017 Author Posted February 18, 2017 Stars and maps again: Yugoslavia - Bulgaria - Alaska - Guam - Djibouti - Burkina-Faso
taras Posted March 7, 2017 Author Posted March 7, 2017 Returning to #223: Liberia - Kuwait - European Olympic Committees (Order of Merit)
taras Posted April 5, 2017 Author Posted April 5, 2017 French Indochina style: Cambodia - Annam. And just for comparison - the unofficial French award:
nickstrenk Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) the USSR-Order of Red Labour Flag Czechoslovakia-Order of Republic the GDR-Burma and Czechoslovak badges of Partisan units Jermak and Unit of Stepanov Edited May 4, 2017 by nickstrenk
nickstrenk Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 Crimea badges 3rd Empire/3te Reich/ and Slovak Republic 1939-45-Fast Division-Rýchla divízia. Already I am not an owner the rare Slovak badge.
taras Posted May 22, 2017 Author Posted May 22, 2017 On 09.02.2016 at 12:58, taras said: 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 In addition: Soviet Union - North Korea - Ukraine (the obsolete badge; the "georgian ribbon" on the wreath is about to be officially forbidden in Ukraine)
taras Posted June 8, 2017 Author Posted June 8, 2017 It used to be an ordinary Soviet military badge. But (after a slight plastic surgery) it has become the highest South Yemeni award. What a great success story!
taras Posted August 16, 2017 Author Posted August 16, 2017 And here's an example of the opposite transformation - from a foreign (Laotian) order into a Soviet badge.
nickstrenk Posted September 7, 2017 Posted September 7, 2017 War Cross Czechoslovakia - Memorial Cross Slovak Republic 1939-1945
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 UK Military Cross and Republic of Malawi Cross
Hugh Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 The Maltese cross is also very reminiscent of the UK George Cross which was presented to the island's population for their heroism during WW II. UK George Cross
taras Posted September 20, 2017 Author Posted September 20, 2017 Guards badges #3 USSR - Kyrgyzstan - Yugoslavia - "Donetsk people's republic" - Don Cossacks
taras Posted October 14, 2017 Author Posted October 14, 2017 Germany, Wuerttemberg - Greece (both pictures were taken from eMedals)
nickstrenk Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Look at the ribbons-awards are different but the branchlets very similar. St.George Cross Imperial Russia -Madagascar Medal France
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