Serbia Serbian Award Document for "Partisan Remembrance, 1941"

[Stogieman]

Can anyone translate this document?

[Stogieman]

OK, the site's not working well from the office. I'll attach the document when I return home.

[Stogieman]

OK, let's try this again. Can anyone translate Serbian for me? Thanks!

[paja]

Greetings,

I believe that this is a very rare document. Interesting thing is that It was issued on 20th of October 1944, the day when the capital of Yugoslavia, Belgrade was liberated thanks to Soviet Red Army!

Translation:

HEADQUARTERS

5th STRIKING DIVISION

1st proletarian corps

N(ational) L(iberation) A(rmy) of Yugoslavia

Number: 272-1944

Station (Position?), 20th October 1944

LEGITIMATION

For comrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

who joined partisans in the 1941 and

earned a right to wear "SPOMENICA 1941"

DEATH TO FASCISM, FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE!

Commissioner

of the personnel department

lieutenant colonel,

End of translation.

Kind regards,

Radmilo

Edited February 12, 2013 by paja

[Stogieman]

Hi Radmilo! Thanks so very much on the translation. I very much appreciate the help. I am thrilled to have this document as I did assume it to be pretty hard to find. The nicest thing for me was how early it is and not a later political award. A true partisan received this one.

Again, my many thanks!

Edited February 13, 2013 by Stogieman

[paja]

You are most welcome, and thank you for sharing this great find with us! Considering that the year is 1944 he must have got the 1st type of the decoration, the rarer one made by the Soviets. Now that you've mentioned that the order was received by a true partisan, I've heard that later in order to receive this decoration you only needed two witnesses to confirm that you were in the partisan movement from the beginning.

Kind regards,

Radmilo

[Stogieman]

This is the badge that came with the document.

[paja]

Nice set, it looks great! Thanks for additional pictures.

Here's the 2nd, later IKOM type.

Edited February 13, 2013 by paja