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    Lightfoot

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    1. It is a rare medal and I think that it is "Mother Serbia". Many officer´s had a lot of critics towards this medal when it appeared. They said "How can a serbian hero wear a woman on his chest" :). Because of this the medal wasn´t used long time. It was appeared 1912 and the newer bravery medal version with "Milos Obilic" was used later.

      Is this as rare as I've been led to believe?

      SE06 Medal for Bravery Military Merit , bronze female head, (Very rare), EF

      Is this as rare as I've been led to believe?

      SE06 Medal for Bravery Military Merit , bronze female head, (Very rare), EF

    2. Hi Lightfoot, the picture you attached is a different model of the NCO cap badge. It can be seen by how close the eagles beak is to the wing tip (I have the same badge). The book "Oznake jugoslovenske vojske u otazbini" by Branko Jeftic is an excellent reference for the topic.

      Got that book but it´s a shame that the writer didn´t write explanations under the pictures in the book.

    3. Good day, I could use some help here in correctly ID this fragment of badge found.

      I believe it's from the kingdom of Yugoslavia, but I would like to know if anyone would have used also till the war end.

      Many thanks

      Good day, I could use some help here in correctly ID this fragment of badge found.

      I believe it's from the kingdom of Yugoslavia, but I would like to know if anyone would have used also till the war end.

      Many thanks

      Here it is!

    4. Yes of course you are right. this post have been a little mixed with different periods and different units :). We got the regular Kingdom of Yugoslavia units, the "assault battalions" that you mentioned that was called "Jurisne jedinice". Then there were the "Komite units" during WW1 and before. Then the "Chetnik units" that was fighting under WWII. Then you got the "Milan Nedic units" , Nedic was the leader of Serbia at WWII. When Serbia was under ockupation. Then you got the "Ljotic units" that was collaborators with the germans. Some people call all those units "Chetniks", that is not right.

    5. Elipse cap badge King Petar II. I have not seen any other variants of this badge in Red Blue White. Usually in Kingdom of Yugoslavia colours Blue White Red.

      The insignia PII is impossible to have on a Kingdom of Serbia cockade. There´s a lot of "homemixed" cockades. It´s like with the opposite, the PI insignia on a Kingdom of Yugoslavia cockade. The parts are all original but not right put together with the time periods :).

    6. Here´s another officer guard cockade. Only officer´s used these big cockades for their fur kalpaks. Don´t believe it´s the same type of badge that the chetniks or komite used, "Komite" was the first name for "chetniks". It is said that the komite that fought vs the turks was the first "commandos" of the world. They fought behind enemy lines against the enemies man to man combat with knives and grenades. Sabotaged ammo depoes and other important objects. Only the best volonteers could assign. This was before ww1.

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