12-30-2011, 07:52 PM
Alas nothing even nearly comprehensive, lots of strange (incorrect) colours and more often than not - vast gaps of information.
I was thinking of a one stop spot for every ribbon of every Warsaw Pact and post-USSR state with information on the foundation of the award and its name in the original language and not just english. If I had a quid every time an "organisational" medal was fobbed off as "federal" or "ministerial" I would be VERY rich... even if just looking at these references.
I have compiled information on hundreds and hundreds of RF awards so far but they seem to come out faster than you can acknowledge them.
One of the "Organisations" that has one of the greatest variations within their awards is the Russian Orthodox Church but they are only following in the footsteps of the Russian Empire where an award could have all sorts of official ribbons.
If anyone wants to help in a (as full as possible) comprehensive ribbon guide I'd appreciate assistance. Using expertise in specialised nations will certainly increase the accuracy of such guide rather than being jack of all master of none...
I was thinking of a one stop spot for every ribbon of every Warsaw Pact and post-USSR state with information on the foundation of the award and its name in the original language and not just english. If I had a quid every time an "organisational" medal was fobbed off as "federal" or "ministerial" I would be VERY rich... even if just looking at these references.
I have compiled information on hundreds and hundreds of RF awards so far but they seem to come out faster than you can acknowledge them.
One of the "Organisations" that has one of the greatest variations within their awards is the Russian Orthodox Church but they are only following in the footsteps of the Russian Empire where an award could have all sorts of official ribbons.
If anyone wants to help in a (as full as possible) comprehensive ribbon guide I'd appreciate assistance. Using expertise in specialised nations will certainly increase the accuracy of such guide rather than being jack of all master of none...
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