Orders, Decorations and Medals of Iraq

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Ed Haynes, Emmanuel Halleux, Yuri Yashnev and Brandon Wiegand, who both provide a never-ending stream of wonderful pictures, and Lorenzo Luna, who has built up a magnificent collection whilst serving in Iraq and has been generous enough to share.

Grateful thanks to Spink & Son and eMedals, who have allowed use of items from their catalogues.

Links

Antonio Prieto Barrio - Ribbons of Iraq - Page 1 - Page 2 - Post 2004

Christopher Buyers - Royal Ark: Orders and Decorations of Iraq

David Devine - Rusty Knight's Place: Iraqi Medals

Ed Haynes - IEPE: Republic of Iraq (Archived June 2008).

Hendrik Meersschaert - Hendrik's Medal Corner: Iraq

Ilja Repetski - World Awards: Iraq

Eric Semon - Décorations Irakiennes

Sven Vik - World Orders and Medals: Iraq

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini IRAQ

Yuri Yashnev - For Merit: Iraq

MedalBook - Iraq

Text References

Al Muderis, L. (1999a). Iraqi Awards. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 50(2): 20-23.

Al Muderis, L. (1999b). Update: Iraqi Awards. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 50(6): 34.

Barac, B. (2013) Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World: Part III Silver Book (G-P). OBOL, Zagreb

Ghossoub, E.A. (2023) 1948 Palestine: The First Arab-Israeli War. The Phalerist: Journal of the International Phaleristic Association 1(1): 14-17.

Haynes, E.S. (2000). Four Medals, Four Revolutions, Ten Years: A Phaleristic History of Recent Iraqi Politics, 1958-1968. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 51(1): 28-31.

Haynes, E.S. (n.d.). Medals of the Arab World Volume 1. In preparation.

Krug, G.C. (1962). The Order of the Two Rivers of Iraq: El Rafidhain. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 13(3): 3-7.

Missling, R. (2009). The Sword of Al Qadissiyah. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 60(5): 32-34.

O'Toole, E.H. (1966). Iraq: Flood Relief Medal 1954. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 17(9): 18-19.

Raw-Rees, O. (2017). Iraq: The Awards of the Arif and Bakr Regimes 1963-1979. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 68(3):4-17.

Raw-Rees, O. (2020a). The Kingdom of Iraq Flood Rescue Medal 1954. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 59(1):23-29.

Raw-Rees, O. (2020b). The Gallantry Medal of the Kingdom of Iraq. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 59(2):104-117.

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