For awards to women, the bow was adjusted to reflect the various categories of Grand Cross, Active Commander, Ordinary Commander and Officer.

in 1956, when Morocco gained its independence from France.

Figure 2: Detail of the Planchet of the Ordinary Commander’s neck badge

The insignia of the Order (Figure 2) is an eight-pointed star with each overlapping white enamel arm bordered in gold forming a battlement. Rays of gold and silver separate the points on the plaque of the Grand Cross and the slightly smaller plaque of the Active Commander grade, respectively. A green enamel shield bordered in gold at the center and contains a gold pentagonal star of Morocco often referred to as Solomon’s seal. The shield in turn is surrounded by a circular gold (Grand Cross and Officer) or reddish-brown (both Commander grades and Knight grade) area bordered in gold with arabesques in gold and in turn surrounded by a green enamel circular area bordered in gold (all grades) with the Arabic inscription in gold, MULA Y EL HASAN BEN EL MEHDI BENISMAIL. The reverse (Figure 3) is plain. The two medals (silver and bronze) are void of any enamellings. The Ordinary Commander, Officer and Knight badges are all suspended from a white enamel crescent bordered in gold. The two medals utilize the same suspension in a non-enamel finish identical to the respective medal.

The ribbon for the Officer and Knight badges is of equal stripes of red, green and red. The central green strip on the Commander’s neck badge is slightly narrower than the two red stripes framing it. The Order became obsolete

Figure 3: Reverse of the Ordinary Commanders neck badge.

Bibliography:

Barrio, Antonio Prieto: http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/ medallas/texto/hasania.htm

Benoit, David A., "Spanish Africa: Its Possessions and Campaign Medals 1497-1977," Journal of the Orders and Medals Society

of America, Volume 55, Number 6, November-December 2004 Buyers, Christopher, Morocco: The Alawi Dynsaty Orders and

Decorations, http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Morocco/ morocco 15.htm

Haynes, Edward: Medals of the Kingdom of Morocco, http://

faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/morocco.html

In the News

OMSA member and director Fred L. Borch is the author of an article in the September 2006 issue of Military History entitled ’For Wounds Received..." The article details the history of the Purple Heart from its inception in 1782 and examines the changes that have occurred in

the decoration since that time.

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ORDERS AND MEDALS SOCIETY OF AMERICA James K. Hitch, Treasurer

Statement of Financial Position

June 30, 2005

ASSETS Cash Certificate of Deposit Accounts Receivable Inventory of Publications Prepaid Expenses

TOTAL AS SETS

LIABILITIES FUND BALANCE

Unrestricted Fund Balance TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE

$ 155,618 54,455

655 18,731 7,904

$ 237,363

$ 0

237,363 $ 237,363

Statement of Activities For the year ended June 30, 2005

REVENUES AND OTHER SUPPORT Member Dues Meetings and conferences Advertising Sales (Publications, Ribbon, Back Issues, Insignia) Other revenue (Hartman Bequest) Interest income

Total Revenue and other support

EXPENSES Program services

Meetings and conferences Publications Research grants

Supporting services Administrative and general Membership maintenance and promotion

Total Expenses

Total revenues and other support in excess of expenses

$

$

56,634 37,330 14,625 15,025 33,190

1,631 158,435

28,410 50,731

1,950

28,891

7~912

115,894

45,541

Compiled by Thomas D. Fischetti, CPA

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Secretary’s Report - June - July 2006

Those listed as new members have applied for 2006 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 accordingly be admitted to membership (Article Ill, 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 are shown following each new

member’s address.

NEW MEMBERS - 2006

#7743 #7744 #7745 #7746 #7747 #7748 #7749 #7750 #7751 #7752 #7753 #7754 #7755 #7756 #7757 #7758 #7759 #7760 #7762

- David Curran (Internet), Unit 29101 Box 79, APO AE 09099

- Mike Dwyer (Internet), 4341 Thomas Drive #J-9, Panama City, FL, 32408-7350

- Peter Dangerfield (Internet), 8 Hillbury Road, London SW17 8JT, UK

- Louis Benza (Internet), 16 West 16th Street #14-AN, New York, NY, 10011

- Wayne Sirmon (Internet), 250 Suffolk Road, Mobile, AL, 36608

- Matthijs Peterse (Internet), 63A Roosevelt Dr, Richmond Hill, L4C 6V2 Ontario, Canada

- Scott Jackson (Internet), 601 Enterprise Avenue #828, League City, TX, 77573

- Alexander Kirilyn (Internet), Leninskiy Prospekt d.64 kv.23, Moscow 117292, Russia

- Ruslan Sytnikov (Internet), PO Box 354-B, Kiev, 01001 Kiev, Ukraine

- Spink c/o Mark Quayle, Medal Dept (Internet); 69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK

- Peer Jackson (Internet), 280 Indian Road Crescent, Toronto, Ontario M6P 2G7, Canada

- Kenneth Schmidt (Military Trader), 5055 High On A Hill Drive, Hubertus, WI, 53033 (20th Century Europe)

- Matthew J. Myhal (Internet), PO Box 647, North Hollywood, CA, 91603

- John Cooper (Internet), 6 Westlawn Avenue, Daly City, CA, 94015

- Ronald Nomura (Internet), 8841 E. Snyder Road, Tucson, AZ, 85749

- Chinzorig Chulunbaatar (Sessler #0801), 4320 N Apt #13, Carling Spring Road, Arlington, VA, 22203

- Ron Burkey (Interact), PO Box 1440, Portsmouth, NH, 03802-1440

- Chris Winkelmann (Internet), 6963 Arthur Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63139

- Ken Reynolds (Internet), 4653 Ogilvie Walk Crescent, Goucester, Ontario K1J 1G8, Canada

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

LM#99 - Street, Paul E., M#5201, Australia LM#100 - Bartholow, Timothy A., M#5282, USA

IN MEMORY

Sirmans, Stan, #6800, 9183 Woodrun Place, Pensacola, FL, 32514-5514

(According to the Pensacola, FL News Journal, Mr, Sirmans passed away on June 28, 2006. He was buried with full military honors

at Fort Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL, on July 14.)

ADDRESS CHANGES & CORRECTIONS

Austin, Harry D., #6432, 2429 Regency Drive, Biloxi, MS, 39532

Frank, Timothy L:, #7178, PO Box 564, Newington, VA, 22122

Hoke, CH (Col) James L., #7145, CMR 480 Box 2498, APO AE,, 09128

Kent, Stephen J., #7645, 1870 Seclusion Point Apt.G, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918

McClure, William R., #7516, 718 Green Circle Apt 102, Rochester, MI, 48307

MeCombs, Don L., #5942, 2131 Cabrillo Circle, Lodi, CA, 95242

Mixson, Allen, #5338, 1828 SW Elizabeth Street, Portland, OR, 97201-1710

Mueller, Mark T., #7616, PO Box 21086, Waco, TX, 76702

Nutting, Paul G., #2301, 2557 Dorm Drive, Twin Falls, ID, 83301-8409

Thaekray, James, #7466, Box 2058, Creston, BC U0B 1G0, Canada

Valkema, David J., #7673, 1420 N. Lake Shore Drive Apt 11A, Chicago, IL, 60610-6690

Wood, Nicolas D., #3155, 23829 Scarlet Oak Drive, Murrieta, CA, 92562-5084

Douglas M. Peck, OMSA Secretary

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