El Ninja

The medal is For participation in the European war 1915-1918, awarded from 1933.-1941.

Second document is for the Order for military merit, it does not state the class, as far as I can see.

The award date is 26.June 1938.

First document is for some memorial medal, I can not decipher which one.

Thank you all for input. I will pass on this one.

Hello, I have been offered a grouping of awards, but I am not sure of the originality.

Sorry for the bad photos, but that is all I got from the seller.

That is the Chetnik soldier's sign.

It was made and issued in the aftermath of WW2 in camps in Italy and Germany. 

Awarded exclusively to soldiers, civilians were ineligible.

It is no wonder that some were awarded to Allied forces, being that the Chetniks were attempting to represent themselves as genuine freedom fighters, and not collaborationists.

Should be made out of aluminium. The document probably has the signature and stamp of the issuing officer, and maybe an exact location.

As for the worth point, it does bear value, especially with a document. As those were easily lost or destroyed. 

Well, those where almost always made by hand, so they vary in appearance quite a bit.

That only makes them easier to fake, unfortunately.

Find some online sources for testing the fabric for age, it is the only way to be half certain.

Branch is artilery, rank is a brigade general.

That is stated on the document, rank is inscribed by hand.

This should narrow down your search.

On 14/07/2022 at 17:48, Kallarati Heroik said:

This stick pin is not Albanian.

Yes, it is Yugoslavian. Commemorative pin for the  Main headquarters of Croatia. The date on the pin is the date at which it was formed.

There is a lot that is unknown about the serial numbers and principle of distribution. Especially during the war time.

Plus, there is an overlap between serial numbers of orders produced in USSR and those produced in Yugoslavia.

Order for bravery, produced in USSR is awarded up to the number 13XXX (highest known is 13832), while those produced in Yugoslavia have numbers that start in the 10000 range.

Partisan star, same story. 

There is also one more problem.

Often times, during the war, delivery of orders and medals was delayed.

So, during the ceremony, the order would not be handed to the recepient, they would simply read the document, congratulate the awardee, and issue the order when one was available.

I can find specific witness accounts of such things.

It is Latin.

First line is : Cor Jesu sacratissimum, miserere nobis. 

Which is a hymn. Sacratissimum is  probably obscured by the figure.

I cannot see the text on reverse clearly, better photo would help.

But,it looks like: Sanctus paschalis Paulus.

It seems to be french in origin, Medal of adoration of Jesus.

https://charmantiques.net/products/adoration-of-jesus-medal

Thank you!  I figured it must be something tied to the Britain.

Hi, I bought this medal years ago, and since then I haven't been able to identify  it. Help would be appreciated.

I looked into it a bit.

The Law on orders and medals of FNRJ declared on 30. October 1946. states: 

(Badly  translated text follows)

The orders and medals are awarded to the civilian persons on recomendation of President of the federal governement (Prime minister),

and to the military persons on recomendation of the Supreme commander of the armed forces of FNRJ.

That should clear the things up.

The K mark is known to be used by Teodor Krivak, a medal maker which has made a number of other high ranking Yugoslavian orders. They are very rare, but are known to exist. Apart from this one,I have also seen Order of brotherhood and unity first class with this same mark. As well as some other, but i cannot remember of the top of my head. Would have to dig a bit through my archive.