Yugoslavia Order of Merit for People

[Bryan]

Order of Merit for People

The Order of Merit for People was issued in 3 classes.

1st Class with Gold Stars - was awarded 4,668 times

2nd Class with Silver Rays - was awarded 39,534 times

3rd Class - was awarded 282,864 times

Please show yours!

Order of Merit for People 3rd Class

Edited October 15, 2007 by Soviet

[Laurence Strong]

My 3rd class

[Laurence Strong]

I will get a better photo today

[Laurence Strong]

The medal

[Laurence Strong]

ribbon

Thanks for looking

[Explorer]

http://shrani.si/files/zasluge2s8sd.jpg

http://shrani.si/files/zasluge3s8se.jpg

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3cl earned by my grandfather. Made in Kovnica ZIN.

Edited April 6, 2007 by Explorer

[Piramida]

Here's the first class awarded to my Grandfather

[Bryan]

It's nice to see 2 orders that were awarded to your family.

[Christian Zulus]

Here's the first class awarded to my Grandfather

Dear Ivan,

nice award .

Did are Grandfather also receive first the 3cl & 2cl, so that "Merit to the People" might maybe have regulations of consecuteive awardings, like Soviet, Glory, Labour Glory & Motherland - or like the Bulgarian "Order of Labour" ?

I had been asking about consecutive awardings in that thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16736 .

Best regards

Christian

[Christian Zulus]

http://shrani.si/files/zasluge2s8sd.jpg

http://shrani.si/files/zasluge3s8se.jpg

http://shrani.si/?zasluge4s8sf.jpg

3cl earned by my grandfather. Made in Kovnica ZIN.

Dear Nejc,

nice order with old patina .

BTW: Does anyone know the statutes and regulations of YU-Awards ?

Best regards

Christian

[Piramida]

Dear Ivan,

nice award .

Did are Grandfather also receive first the 3cl & 2cl, so that "Merit to the People" might maybe have regulations of consecuteive awardings, like Soviet, Glory, Labour Glory & Motherland - or like the Bulgarian "Order of Labour" ?

I had been asking about consecutive awardings in that thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16736 .

Best regards

Christian

Dear Christian

Nope there were no such consecutive awards in Yugoslavia, he also recieved the 2nd class of the award but thats by pure coincedense. I only found the 2nd class recently and I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but when I do I will post it. It's quite old he got it before 1953.

Ivan

Edited April 7, 2007 by Piramida

[Christian Zulus]

Dear Christian

Nope there were no such consecutive awards in Yugoslavia, he also recieved the 2nd class of the award but thats by pure coincedense. I only found the 2nd class recently and I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but when I do I will post it. It's quite old he got it before 1953.

Ivan

Dear Ivan,

many thanks for your exptertise .

So, your Grandfather got 2cl & 1cl, but no 3cl .

The matter of consecutive awards might be finished for Yugoslavia.

Best regards

Christian

[Christian Zulus]

Results of the auction in Vienna

Gentlemen,

Rauch's auction in Vienna http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19027 resulted in the following hammer prices (incl. all fees & taxes in EURO):

- 3cl (screwback, s/n.: 55409) - ? 41,-

Best regards

Christian

[wlodzimierz]

Order of Merit for People - 3rd cl #69232 with document.

[Christian Zulus]

Order of Merit for People - 3rd cl #69232 with document.

Lieber Waldemar,

that document with the roll looks really great and impressive .

Best regards

Christian

[leigh kitchen]

Are the serial numbers on Orders of Merit actually the same as the serial numbers displayed on their certificates?

Does anybody know the criteria for Yugo awards, there are plenty of photos of named awards around in print & on web sites, but I've only ever read very basic info on why they were actually awarded - what did you have to do to get an Order of Merit for example?

[SasaYU]

Order of merit to the people is given for special merits in combat against enemy and for liberation of the country, for merit in building of socialism and self goverment, for organising and strengthening of defence, security and independence of the country and also for merits in the field of economy, science and culture.

[Valuk]

Hello to all posters, and a special salutation to Nejc and sasayu that I know from other forums

Well, collecting yugoslavian stuff is not my primary business, I started with collecting decorations this month (or probably in thje end of july..), when I received my first medals and orders.

3rd class, cased, with pin

3rd class, maker IKOM Zagreb

2nd class, inscription of the maker in cyrillic ЗАВОД ЗА ИЗРАДУ НОВЧАНИЦА (then ZIN Kovnica), low serial number.

Cheers

[SasaYU]

Hi Valuk / Lep pozdrav.

[Christian Zulus]

Are the serial numbers on Orders of Merit actually the same as the serial numbers displayed on their certificates?

Dear Leigh,

sorry, the numbers do not correspond .

If there are any numbers at the large document, then these numbers are only internal numbers of the chancellory (starting with each year new), when they issued the document.

Best regards

Christian

[Bryan]

I have acquired a worn out II Class with document to Karel Pukovnik. It was awarded in december 1945 and it has a very low serial number.

[wlodzimierz]

Congratulation Soviet,

award has low serial number an even a document. Maybe one day we will be able to reconstruct this spot ot the history.

It seems to me that it will be difficult job.

I hope that the bearer of awards had benefits in Ex-Yugoslavia. And if yes then there were Lists of Persons who were awarded in order to manage the benefits. Maybe It will help us to find this out.

We are certainly at the begining - but as always at the beginn it is very interesting.

I strongly support out project to start work an our catalog.

Again congratulations

wlodzimierz

[Ed_Haynes]

General rule of history: Anything that has ever required any government to pay money or extend befefits to their citizens has given birth to mounds of paper detailing how much, and what, and to whom, and for how long. Likewise, anything that ever cost that government any money to make (or buy) -- like ODM -- had leagues of bookkeepers watching over the process and recording the expenditures.

Who can access the (former) Yugoslavian archives -- assuming they still exist. Where are they anyway?

[Valuk]

Really nice Soviet, a wonderful Zasluge za narod, now mine has the second lower serial number in the thread

[Bryan]

Thanks Valuk and Wlodzimierz.

@ Valuk : Yours still as some more gold color on it. Mine is worn out.

@ Wlodzimierz : It would be indeed very interesting to be able to research our Yugoslavian orders.