gerard974 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hello Is one member know those medail from Morocco , Best regards Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Mistakenly sometimes IDed as the 1975 Green March Commemorative Medal or a Moroccan Interior Ministry award; Royal Ark [q.v.] says it is the Operation al-Qadr Commemorative Medal: instituted by King Hassan II on 18th January 1983 as a campaign medal. Almost always seen on a solid green ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) 922F said "instituted by King Hassan II on 18th January 1983 as a campaign medal" Which campaign(s) would that be for? Normally, of course, I know all about Morrocan awards [ ] but my brain is in at the cleaners and I can't recall who the Morrocans were fighting in the 1980s. Some Berber nationalist group or... ? Edited September 12, 2012 by peter monahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerard974 Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hello Thank you very much Best regards Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Campaign involved Royal Moroccan military, economic & political efforts to counter and defeat POLISARIO and Mauretanian claims in the Western Sahara region [former Spanish Sahara]. Two key locales were a seaport -- ad-Dakhla [Villa Cisneros under Spanish rule] -- and a trans-Sahara transit nexus -- al-Argub -- and their surrounding administrative regions. Do not remember how long the campaign lasted or even if it's still on-going but almost certainly most active over several years [late 1970s-mid 1980s?]. Al-Qadr relates to the Islamic 'Night of Power' during the latter part of Ramadan when the first verses of the Koran were revealed to Muhammed. Early on, some major events of the campaign [including planning] occurred during Ramadan. Edited September 14, 2012 by 922F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) sorry for this post. I'm new here and tried to delete it. But the program will not let me. Edited October 6, 2012 by Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 While I was in Morocco around 1980 working for the King, I helped a dignitary's wife overcome insomnia. The man was so happy that his wife was now able to sleep for the 1st time in 25 years, he gave me his green metal, for he was one of the 350,000 unarmed volunteers that marched into the desert to take back Moroccan land without bloodshed. Following is a picture of my green metal. I've never seen another picture of one anywhere on the Internet. I hope you enjoy seeing this picture for I am very proud of this metal. It means a lot to me. Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnlewis13 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Cowboy: If you were wondering, it is this medal: https://www.militaria-agent.com/catalog/MOROCCO_CAMPAIGN_MEDAL_FOR_THE_MESSIRA_CAMPAIGN_1975.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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