Herr General Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) Gentleman, I received a photo from the miniature medalset. Does anyone know what order this is? Sorry for the bad picture . Edited January 6, 2015 by Herr General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 It's smth Ghanaian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 It's the Central African Republic Order of Recognition, Officer - the higher of the 2 classes awarded. Instituted on 2 May 1962 it's awarded for services to the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Quick work and well done, Megan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Sorry! It is the Order of the Volta! The officer just found his grandcross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 see picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The quality of the original image misled me then... This is the post-2008 version of the Order of the Volta, they changed the ribbon colour from a dark blue with red edges and black central stripe to the one shown (light blue with green, yellow and red edges). The highest grade, worn as a sash badge, is the Companion, the other grades being Officer and Member. It's a bit unusual, the Companion has a sash badge but no star... and quite often they are seen wearing a neck badge at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heusy68 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Hello Gentlemen, Very interesting. But it seems there was a first version. Watch photo of Valentina Tereshkova (first woman to go to space). She's wearing a breast decoration with a straight bar suspender that is the ribbon of the Order of the Volta of Ghana, but a different type of insignia (just next to her Grunwald Cross). She was awarded Order of the Volta in January 1964 http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Vladimirovna_Tere%C5%A1kova I guess that the insignia awarded from the time of President N'Krumah were different. The later type is more commonly seen, even if still rare. And it seems that since 2008 they changed the ribbon & center medaillon. All the best. Emmanuel Edited February 4, 2015 by heusy68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 There is the very poor pic of the Officer's grade set: http://www.tropicalcables.com/web/index.php?page=awards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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