Hardcover, maroon cloth cover, the front cover along with the spine bearing images and text embossed in gold-coloured ink, the front cover featuring an embossed illustration of the Legion of Merit Chief Commander Star, entitled "Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Ancient and Modern, Civil and Military, Second Edition" by Robert Werlich, copyrighted in 1974, published by Quaker Press of Washington, D.C., printed by William T. Cooke Publishing Inc. of Devon, Pennsylvania, with the company's embossed stamp placed on the back cover. The lead page states that "This book is dedicated to the memory of King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1934-1970) in acknowledgement of his kindness in conferring upon the author in 1970 the Order of Saint Sava, Third Class, for services to the throne.", with a photo of the King wearing his air force tunic below with the tagline "King Peter II of Yugoslavia, making a wartime B.B.C. broadcast, London, 1944.", followed by three brief sections: Acknowledgements, Introduction and Definitions, along with a basic generic line drawing sketch of Customary Locations of Significant Markings. Each award is explained through the use of photographs or drawings, along with descriptions and explanations as to when and why they were issued. It covers the the various kingdoms, republics, empires, federations, states, be they monarchical, democratic or socialist, including: the United States of America, Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Cile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Katanga, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Somali, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tchad, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, U.S.S.R., Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zanzibar. It concludes with a seven page Appendix A, a two page Appendix B, followed by a Bibliography and an Index. The book contains 488 pages of text, along with line drawings and photographs of the various orders and medals, printed in black ink, with one color plate featuring the Grand Cross Badge and Star with sash of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic placed between the Acknowledgements and the Introduction, plus four pages of color plates illustrating various orders and medals placed between pages 208 and 209, on a white coated paper stock, measuring 220 mm (w) x 285 mm (h) x 33 mm (d). It exhibits light wear on the cover, however, the adhesive that had originally secured the sections of pages to the spine has dried, forcing separation of the pages from the cover itself. Although the pages are no longer affixed to the spine, they are all in order and intact, free of marks and soiling. Fine.
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