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Image of an Officer Class badge of the Order of the Oak Crown. Fair use, but ideally would replace with another image - perhaps a PD government image of someone wearing one.

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Order of the Oak Crown" :

To illustrate the subject in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

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[edit] Fair use rationale

The image is of lower resolution than the original photograph (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
No free or public domain images have been located for the subject of the article.
The use of the image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the photograph in any way.
The image is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original photograph in any way.
The article in question is about an official award, and an image of the medal itself adds significantly to the article.

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current	17:29, 23 January 2006	131×250 (10 KB)	GeeJo (Talk \| contribs)	(Image of an Officer Class badge of the Order of the Oak Crown. Fair use, but ideally would replace with another image - perhaps a PD government image of someone wearing one. {{fairusein\|Order of the Oak Crown}})