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Interesting photographs of decorated people
BalkanCollector replied to ilieff's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Montenegrin king Nikola I. The insciption says: "To my dear Danilo dad" King Nikola had a son Danilo but I don't think that's the case with your photo. I would say that some other patriotic Montenegrin gave this photo to his son. -
Interesting photographs of decorated people
BalkanCollector replied to ilieff's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Great photo! I'm not 100% sure but I think it's Rade Hamović, people's hero of Yugoslavia who was a major general at the time this photo was taken. -
Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Partisan Stars
BalkanCollector replied to Bryan's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
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Interesting photographs of decorated people
BalkanCollector replied to ilieff's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Here's an interesting story about Miladin Zarić from wikipedia. "At the end of World War II and liberation of Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia on 20 October 1944, during their retreat, the Nazis have mined the Old Sava Bridge, in order to stop the progress of the Soviet Red Army and the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia that were chasing them. They would have got away with it if there was not Miladin Zarić, a school teacher and a plain civilian with a considerable experience in demining gained previously during Balkan Wars and First World War. He saved the bridge from demolition, by cutting the detonator wires, making it the only large bridge in Europe, beside Ludendorff Bridge that the Germans didn't succeed in demolishing while retreating. The importance of his act is even bigger considering that the next bridge connecting Belgrade and Syrmia was in Šabac, 90 kilometers away." This explains why he's wearing a Yugoslav, Soviet and Bulgarian WW2 awards on this photo along with his Balkan Wars and WW1 medals, plus some interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia orders. -
Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Partisan Stars
BalkanCollector replied to Bryan's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
It's nice to see the titovka coming back home since most of the stuff that went abroad most likely never will. -
Interesting photographs of decorated people
BalkanCollector replied to ilieff's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Quite interesting. His rank is a major. -
The award document says it's a medal "To the Defender of Ukraine. For honor! For Glory! For the People!".
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Youth forest structures/facilities 1947 (Omladinski šumski objekti 1947). I don't know what kind of structures or facilities they were building but judging by the badge's design it should be something related to railway. The only additional info I was able to find is that they built 36 of forest structures.
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Socialist Albania soldier ushanka ?
BalkanCollector replied to Euronymous's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
If you want people to take your opinions seriously, you should back your claims up with arguments. -
One of the rarest of labour action badges, Youth Factory "Unity" 1948 (Omladinska tvornica Jedinstvo). The factory was founded in 1946 in Zagreb as a factory for process equipment for food and chemical industry. It was nicknamed "the factory for factories". First it existed in a nationalized workshop but the main factory hall was built in 1948 after 6 months of work. Around 1,300 of youth participated in its construction which makes this badge quite rare. Today, there's a "New Unity" (Jedinstvo novo), a small business with about 20 employees which is nothing compared to the factory back in the day. Most of the factory's land was sold but some parts still remain in ruins which are surrounded by new buildings. There's even a part of factory which is now a "Chinese Wall", a wholesale center with 72 Chinese shops. Yet another tale of Croatian 1990s destroying of domestic industry...
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Serbian Officer Medal ID Please
BalkanCollector replied to newcollect's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
No problem! As for the uniform and sword, the uniform is definitely a Kingdom of Yugoslavia ceremonial uniform, so not the regular uniform for every day use. Which regulation exactly, I don't know since it's not my area of expertise. It's hard to tell exactly what kind of sword/dagger he has but I'm leaning towards one of those long ceremonial swords. Again, not my area of expertise so I hope someone else can give you more information on this matter. Regarding the sources to acquire the medals and other stuff, ebay is a trustworthy source. There's also emedals and other various Serbian online markets. Good luck though! Some of those medals are rare and could be hard to find for a reasonable price. I recon the proper uniform will be even harder to catch. -
Serbian Officer Medal ID Please
BalkanCollector replied to newcollect's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
Amazing set of medals! He wasn't an officer but actually a brigade general (lowest general rank) of the artillery. His medals are the following: (written in the medals and orders section) Remembrance Medal for the War 1912-1913 (First Balkan War) Remembrance Medal for the War 1913 (Second Balkan War) Albanian Remembrance Medal 1915 (check out Great Serbian Retreat or Albanian Golgotha); awarded on November 6, 1921 Golden Bravery Medal 1912-1913 Golden Medal for Zealous Service 1912-1913 Silver Medal for Bravery 1913 Order of the White Eagle with Swords 5th class; awarded on January 14, 1918 Order of the White Eagle with Swords 4th class; awarded on April 11, 1920 Order of Saint Sava 3rd class; awarded on April 11, 1920 (I'm not sure if it's the exact award date since it's written in the same row as the order above) Order of the Yugoslav Crown 4th class; awarded on September 6, 1930 Order of the Italian Crown 5th class; awarded on September 6, 1930 (again, not sure about the date because of the same reason as Saint Sava 3rd class) Another medal which isn't mentioned in the section about his awards but he's wearing it on the photo is the King Peter Remembrance Medal 1914-1918 for WW1. -
Pioneer City and Railway (Pionirski grad i željeznica) 1948. This complex was built on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia and it served as an excursion/picnic/vacation camp for children (pioneers). The complex was built from 1948 until 1951 and I've also seen badges with the year 1950 on them but they have a vertical pin. Pioneer City's glory days are long gone and today it's called The City of the Youth (Grad mladih) but most people still call it by its old nickname "pionirac". Today, it's a walking/recreation park mostly in a poor condition.
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It's been a while since I got new additions to the theme so here are two more I got recently. Youth railway Nikšić - Titograd (today Podgorica), Montenegro. The construction started in April 1947 and the railway was put into operation on July 12, 1948. Today, the railway is 56.5km long, it passes through 12 tunnels (total length of 3,439m) and across nine bridges (overall length of 279 m).
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Awards of the Ukraine Ministry of Defence
BalkanCollector replied to Megan's topic in Central & Eastern European States
To be honest, I haven't even thought about the Russian/Ukrainian, I just typed the first few words and it popped out. Sometimes less really is more. -
Awards of the Ukraine Ministry of Defence
BalkanCollector replied to Megan's topic in Central & Eastern European States
Searching in English often gives zero results so knowing of cyrillic definitely helps a lot. -
Awards of the Ukraine Ministry of Defence
BalkanCollector replied to Megan's topic in Central & Eastern European States
The pictures are from this site: https://www.raritetus.ru/znaki/medali/rf/mchs/medal-za-zaslugi-v-22551/ -
Very interesting, thank you for creating this topic!
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The Future of GMIC
BalkanCollector replied to Nick's topic in The Future of GMIC's Discussion Topics
I cannot agree more about the advertisers, that's why I have ad blocker and my current blocked ads counter says it blocked 1,231,066 ads since 2016 and I remember having over two million ads blocked on my previous computer. Also, I was watching some hour long documentary on youtube and by the end of it, the blocked ads counter for that video alone was about a 1,000. It's mind boggling how much of this crap you get served online. That being said, I wouldn't mind getting these ads if it's going to a good cause such as keeping GMIC running. Of course, if most of others agree but I'm sure Nick will find better and most suitable solution.