Figure 3: Order of Military Gallantry with police ribbon.

Figure 4: Obverse of the Order

of Good Service.

Figure 5: Reverse of the Order

of Good Service.

Figure 6: Obverse of the Order of Long Service.

Figure 7: Reverse of the Order of Long Service.

Figure 8: Order of Long Service with police ribbon.

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(Figure 5). This is surrounded by the

Arabic inscription meaning ORDER OF

GOOD SERVICE.

Suspension: A straight bar ribbed suspender.

Ribbon: Military: 33mm blue with three narrow central stripes of red, white and red.

Police: Blue with five narrow central stripes of white, red, white red and white.

Order of Long Service

Obverse: An oval silver gilt silver medal (Figure 6), 32mm x 38mm, bearing the design of the Order of Military Gallantry without the cres -cent.

Reverse:

Suspension:

Ribbon:

As the Order of Good Service, with the Arabic inscription meaning ORDER OF LONG SERVICE (Figure 7).

By a loop through a ball finial attached to the top of the medal.

Military: 33mm sand with two narrow stripes of 2mm red and 1.5mm white inset from each edge.

Police: Blue with two narrow central stripes of 1.5mm white, 2mm red and 1.5mm white at each edge (Figure 8).

I would restate that these designs do not appear to match with the regulations, however even if these pieces and possibly others were meant for distribution; they were short lived. The next law addressing awards, Article 23 of Law No. 12 of 1992, states that, "All provisions of Military Medals of the Armed Forces of Articles 9 - 17 of Law No. 5 of 1978 should be revoked."

In addition to the above details, on visiting the official Qatari website at www.diwan.gov.qa, confirmation of the order of precedence of Qatari awards is noted as follows:

1. Collar of Independence 2. Collar of Merit 3. Sash of Independence 4. Sash of Merit 5. Order of Merit (five classes)

While all of the above awards are well illustrated no men- tion is made of any other Qatari order, decoration or medal. In addition the website provides details of recent recipients of the highest of these awards.

Collar of Independence.

Secretary General Kofi Annan, United Nations President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti King Mohammed VI, Morocco President Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast President Fidel Castro, Cuba President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz A1 Saud, Saudi Arabia President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italy President Emil Constaninescu, Romania President Emile Lahoud, Lebanon President Roman Herzog, Germany H.E. Dr. Sayed M. Khatmi, Iran. President Mohammed Rafiq Tarar, Pakistan. President Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnia and Herzgovina President Abdou Diouf, Senegal President Jacques Chirac, France

Collar of Merit

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Mrs Bernadette Chirac, France Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, France President George Bush, United States of America Dr. Harith Celadevic, Bosnia and Herzgovina

Sash of Merit

Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa E1 Dabi, Sudan Pio Luigi Teodorani Fabri, Italy Afif Ayob, Lebanon Nasser Bin Khalfan A1 Kharousi, Oman Arif Kamal, Pakistan Jorge Leon Cruz, Cuba Amado Amadolo, Senegal Elizabeth McKune, United States of America

OMSA Award Nominations

If you wish to nominate an OMSA member for one of the OMSA awards, please send the name of your nomi- nee and the reason you are nominating that person to:

Doug Peck, OMSA Secretary PO Box 198, San Ramon, CA 94583

or email him at: dpeck9696@aol.com

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Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic:

The Auxiliary-to the Sons of

Union Veterans of the Civil War

Peter Eisert

The Allied Orders, five in all, are comprised of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and four ladies groups (Women’s Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Daughters of Union Veterans, and the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. The last to start nationally was a ladies organization to compliment the Sons of Veterans. This occurred in 1883 in Philadelphia with the assistance of the Sons of Veterans of the U.S.A. founder, A.R Davis, who formed the Sons of Veterans in 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new society became known as the Ladies Aid Society. In 1884, they were formally recognized as the Auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans.-United States of America. Much as the Sons, they grew rapidly and had many chapters outside of Pennsylvania, so plans developed to create a national organization in 1887. The Ladies Aid Society was successful, and continued to grow nationally. In 1894, the Ladies Aid Society changed their name to the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary.

The Ladies Aid Society badge (type I) has a slot brooch, is hallmarked "Maj. A.R Davis- Pittsburgh, PA," and has a ribbon with vertical stripes of red, white, and blue. The obverse (Figure 1) of the dark bronze planchet has the central design of an eagle grasping an olive branch and arrows in it’s talons with rays radiating from behind. Encircling this is YENERAMUS ET SUCCURIMUS MDCCCLXXXIII. Around this is a wreath. This central design is laid upon a bottony-style cross and crossed cannons. The arms of the cross contain L-A-S S¥. The reverse (Figure 2) has entwined USA lettering encircled by, AUXILIARES FEMINEAE SOCIETATES-FILII VETERANORUM. Also on this reverse is PAT. MAR. 8 1887.

Figure 1: Obverse of the Ladies Aid Society badge, Type L

Figure 2: Reverse of the Ladies Aid Society badge, Type L

When the Ladies Aid Society changed its name to the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary in 1894, that prompted changes to the organization’s membership badge (Type II) (Figure 3). First, the membership badge added a rectangular suspension bar, inscribed, S OF ¥ AUXILIARY. Next, the L-A-S was removed from the cross, but the SV was retained in its original position. The reverse remained the same, with the exception that the patent date was removed.

The type III and IV badges have the same planchet as the Type II, however, the suspension bar changed to S. OF U. ¥. AUXILIARY (Type III) (Figure 4). This may have been a transitional change, as in 1922 the Sons of Veterans of the U.S.A. changed its name to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This was done in practice, but was not legally changed until 1925. The Type IV (Figure 5) suspension bar is inscribed, AUX TO SONS OF U. V.

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