Albania Albanian Order of the Flag

[Stogieman]

Rick Research Sayeth:

"First let me blame Eric Schena. This is all his fault. If he hadn’t written a book about Hoxha regime awards I could never have been lured into any of this.

OK, because I’ve been offline since February 2010, don’t know whether this has ever been covered here at GMIC before.

Eric’s # 9, “Urdhëri i Flamurit” in his 2006 “The Decorations of Socialist Albania: An Introductory Guide” doesn’t illustrate this Order, just a description. Just picked this up at my local (!) show—"

[Stogieman]

"Since the reverse is blank, only a close-up of the obverse:

For those of you without Eric’s Albanian awards book, this is on his Type 1b ribbon suspension. Circa early 1970s?

22 awarded, for distinguished action as a WW2 partisan.

According to Paul Hieronymussen’s 1967 “Orders and Decorations of Europe in Color” (which had to make do with drawings of Albanian decorations) this Order was worn on the RIGHT side…?"

Thanks to Evil Ricky for posting this since I am offline. Rick Research.

[Bob]

It has been covered, additions are always good but suggest to stick to the existing threads for each award so we can consolidate knowledge in easy way.

[Kallarati Heroik]

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