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THE INDONESIAN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MEDAL
EDWARD EMERING
Indonesia’s recent participation in the hybrid United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reflects its ongoing commitment to United Nations peacekeeping efforts, which can be traced back to the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung, Indonesia. Indonesia’s United Nations peacekeeping efforts began with the dispatch of troops to serve in ONUC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960. Since then, Indonesia has participated in the following United Nations Missions:
inscription on two straight lines REPUBLIKINDONESIA
The ribbon measures 45mm by 35ram and is attached by
a ring/ball suspension. The red and white stripes measure
3mm each. A silvered metallic Roman numeral device
is affixed to the ribbon drape to indicate the number of
missions served.
The medal is awarded by the Minister of Defense based on the recommendations of the Commander of the Armed Forces via the Chief of Staff of the National Army or
United Nations Mission ONUMOZ UNAMIC UNEF II
UNIIMOG UNIKOM
UNMIBH/IPTF UNMIL
UNMOP UNMOT
UNOMIG UNOMSIL/UNAMSIL
UNOSOM UNPREDEP
UNPROFOR UNPSG
UNCRO UNTAC
UNTAES UNAMID
Dates
1962-1995
1991-1992
1973-1979
1988-1991
1991-2003
1995-1996
2003-
1996-2002
1994-2000
1993-2009
1998-2005
1992-1995
1995-1999
1992-1995
1997-1998
1995-1996
1992-1993
1996-1998
2007-
Country/Region Mozambique
Cambodia
Egypt/Israel Iran/Iraq
Iraq/Kuwait
Bosnia-Herzegovina Liberia
Prevlaka, Croatia Tajikistan
Georgia Sierra Leone
Somalia Macedonia
Croatia Croatia
Croatia Cambodia
Eastern Slavonia, Serbia Darfur, Sudan
In addition to qualifying for the appropriate United Nations issued medal, Indonesian military and police personnel (members of the National police are considered a branch of the military), who serve in overseas peacekeeping missions with good character for a minimum of two months, may be awarded the Satya Lancana Santi Dharma Medal (Dharma Santi Satayalancana) upon return to Indonesia. The two-month time requirement is waived for those killed while on a mission. The award was instituted on August 8, 1973 in State Gazette Number 3011 of the Republic of Indonesia.
The yellow-bronze pentagonal planchet with small circles on each of the five points, representing the Armed Forces philosophy of life, measures 35rnm high by 40mm wide (Figure 1). The official distance between each point is 35mm. The central obverse design is the padama (sacred lotus) flower, symbolizing friendship, encircled by a wreath, composed of a sprig of cotton and a sprig of paddy (rice), below and the curved inscription, SANTI- DHARMA above. The reverse is blank except for the
Chief of the National Police and the specific mission commander. Civilians attached to a mission may also be nominated for the award.
Figure 1: Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of the Indonesian
United Nations Peacekeeping Medal.
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A SECOND VERSION OF THE AL BA’ATH PARTY MEDAL
ROBERT E. MISSLING
The first version of the A1 Ba’ath Party medal was issued in the early 1980s and was manufactured outside of Iraq (primarily in Italy). This medal was in gold and had a smooth edge.
After 1991, an Iraqi-made version of the medal was
awarded which was manufactured by the official Iraqi
Orders and Medals factory (Figures 1 and 2). This type is
of lower quality, made from base metal, and gilted. The
medal has a milled edge (Figure 3) and is believed to
have been awarded to important Ba’ath Party members.
Figure 3: Milled edge of the second version of the AI Ba’ath Party Medal.
Figure 1: Obverse of the second version of the A1Ba’ath Party Medal.
Figure 2: Reverse of the second version of the AI Ba’ath Party Medal.
BOOK REVIEW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28):
action after 1975. He begins with Operation Babylift in
1975 and finishes with the "Global War on Terrorism"
which commenced in 2001, but has yet to finish.
While the citations for all the awards in Caubarreaux’s book are readily available what makes this book valuable is that it has biographical details of awardees. For example, the recipient’s date and place of birth, highest rank attained, service number (where known), and other United States decorations awarded, are included. The book also has nine appendices, which cover award criteria and list recipients both alphabetically and by date of action. A small number of black and white photographs (some of recipients) also enhance the text.
My chief concern it that the author has included more than a few social security numbers in the biographical details of recipients who were killed in action or have since died (but not of the living). But this is a minor criticism of what otherwise is a fine addition to the growing number of books and medals on United States decorations.
Fred Borch
42 JOMSA
SECRETARY’S REPORT June-July
Those listed as new members have applied for 2011 membership in the Orders and Medals Society of America. If no proper written
objection to such membership is received from any member in good standing within sixty (60) days of publication, the applicant shall
be admitted to membership (Article III, Section 3 of the OMSA Constitution, and Article III, Section 2 of the OMSA By-Laws). The
collecting interests of each new member as provided on the membership application follow each new member’s address.
NEW MEMBERS - 2011
#8123 #8124 #8125 #8144 #8145
James C. Zellner (Internet) PO Box 144, Lehighton, PA 18235
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DECEASED Ohr, Richard A. #2131,93 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742-4623
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ADDRESS CHANGES & CORRECTIONS
Coulston, Peter #3689 710 W. Indiana Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 Ludvigsen, Cathy #8006, PO Box 15280, Sarasota, FL 34277-1280 Margulies, W. Paul, Jr. #7538, 5800 Valletta P1., Dulles, TX 20189-5800 O’Shea, Michael H. #4464, 936 Ocean Ave., Sea Bright, NJ 07760-2121
Patten, David #4042, 322 Buttermere Ln., Amherst, OH 44001 Playford, Christopher C. #7723, 7837 Flight Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045 Pritzker Military Library, #8135,104 S. Michigan Ave., Ste 500, Chicago, IL 60603-5958 Womack, James A. #7900, 1175 Remagen Rd., Seaside, CA 93955-7415
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