Unidentified Unknown Serbian (or Yugoslav) badge D S ?

[WRANGEL]

Hello Gentlemen,

I am trying to figure out what this small Serbian (or Yugoslav) badge stands for ? :

Any ideas ? Looks like the cyrillic letters D and S, maybe not military but political ?

Badge is 21 x 12 mm, silvered bronze, enameled, no maker, pin back.

Cheers

Bill

[paja]

Greetings Bill,

Those are definitely Cyrillic letters D and S. First thing that comes to my mind is Democratic Party (Демократска странка).

Although if it really is pin from pre-WW2 Democratic Party it would be more logical to see Yugoslav flag rather than Serbian.

[WRANGEL]

Hello Paja,

Thanks for your opinion. Your probably right this should be the Democratic Party badge, in fact I even suspect this to be a badge from the Democratic Party in exile (that is after WWII, between 1945-48, probably made in Paris) hence the use of the Serbian flag instead of the Yugoslav flag.

Cheers

Bill

[paja]

Don't mention it, too bad that the producer of the badge didn't put his name on it, that would be helpful.

Anyway interesting badge, thanks for photos.

[chetnik1942]

The badge is for post WW2 Serbian organization 'Dusan Silni', named after Emperor Dusan The Mighty. My late father was a member of this organization when established in Italian camps after the war. I'll find some pictures and post.

[WRANGEL]

Hello Chetnik1942,

Sorry for this late response, I was out of France for a few weeks.

Many thanks for your identification, I am eager to see your photos.

Cheers

Bill

[paja]

There was also Chivalrous Society Dušan the Mighty founded in 1892 which existed until WW1. Although not related to that society Chetnik mentioned they issued couple of medals and the society's fence club had very interesting breast badge similar to academy badge.