BalkanCollector

Thanks!

An officer with an interesting combination of a regular soldier Titovka and an early 1946-1953 uniform. He's wearing an Order of Merits for the People possibly 3rd class, an Order and Medal for Bravery. He's also wearing a medal which I can't identify.

That's really impressive! Any chance of a bigger image of his awards?

Nice ones! Soviet People's Hero Alexander Sergeyevich Shornikov.

Extraordinary! Thank you very much for sharing!

I know about that. I was actually confused because the stripes on the shoulder boards look like the half of them is cut off. Plus I was on my phone during the time I posted my last reply so the resolution wasn't that good.

It seems like he is. That's an unusual looking shoulder board.

It could be. This is the first time that I see this badge. Is it true that it was the commissar badge as the seller claims?

Unknown partisans wearing Soviet and Yugoslav type Commemorative Medal of the Partisan 1941. Also a good example of the same person wearing two different types. I can't identify the badge the person on the left side is wearing at the first photo.

People's Hero Lazar Lopičić wearing Commemorative Medal of the Partisan 1941, Yugo type.

Nice ones! People's Hero Ante Jurjević Baja wearing a Commemorative Medal of the Partisan 1941, Soviet type.

Thanks for the bigger image! Here's an interesting way of wearing Kingdom and SFRY awards. Order of the Yugoslav Crown, Order of Military Merits with Silver Swords, Order of Merits for the People (possibly with Silver Star), Albanian Commemorative Medal and another medal which I'm unfamiliar with. It's porbably something commemorative. Here's a video where I've found it. Commemorating of Armistice Day in Paris during the 80's where Serbian Salonica front veterans were representing Serbia as an Ally country. Switch to 5:08 for the shot of the medals.

Nice one! Here's a painting of him wearing a People's Hero Order and a Partisan Star.

Thanks for the input! Mistake corrected.

Great photos! A Colonel and a Lieutenant Colonel wearing a Commemorative Medal of the Partisan 1941.

It had crossed my mind but I'm not really sure. :/

Sorry for the misunderstanding. Here's a photo of what appears to be a Lieutenant Colonel. He's wearing two Yugoslav type Orders of Bravery, 10 years of Yugoslav People's Army Medal and a Commemorative Medal of the Partisan 1941 on his left side. The Order of Republic (class?), Order of Brotherhood and Unity (2nd class?), two Orders of People's Merit (possibly 2nd and 3rd class) and a Polish Partisan Cross on his right side. I don't know what's the thing he's wearing in the bottom left side of the photo.

Sorry for making it unclear. It appears to be a French Legion of Honor. I've marked the photo for better understanding. 1 and 2 are two Soviet Orders of Suvorov 1st class 3 is Soviet Order of Red Star 4 is Soviet Order of Kutuzov 5 is Bulgarian Bravery Order 6 already mentioned French Legion of Honor

You're right about the Bulgarian Bravery Order. I've mixed it with Swedish Polar Star Order. Decorations on the left are from top to bottom: two Suvorovs 1st class, Order of Red Star, Order of Kutuzov, another Bulgarian Bravery Order and a French Legion of Honor. Here's a photo of his another uniform with some other awards. Unfortunately there's no Order of People's Hero on it.

That's an interesting way of wearing neck orders. I see US Legion of Merit and some Swedish order if I'm not mistaken.

Thank you Paja! This plaque is a puzzle for me. You are right, VTA was in Zagreb, Črnomerec to be more precise. Today it's Croatian Military College. He was on duty in Zagreb for almost all of his service but he was never on duty in Sarajevo so it's a real mistery.

I have a question regarding this Socialist Yugoslavia Air Force/Anti-Air Defence officer hat which I acquired recently. Is it possible to know the period of production? There are 6 torches on the button so it must be post 1963. It was produced by Jedinstvo Beograd. Those are the seller's photos.

Here's some more Soviets decorated with Yugoslav awards. Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General of the Airforce Andrey Nikiforovich Vitruk wearing an Order of People's Hero. Hero of the Soviet Union Georgi Stepanovich Staradubuev wearing Partisan Star 1st class. Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General of tank troops Vladimir Ivanovich Zhdanov wearing an Order of People's Hero.

No problem and thanks for your trouble! Here's the other plaque which I mentioned. My grandpa got it for 25 years of graduation from the Military-Technical Academy (VTA, Vojno-tehnička akademija). Interesting thing is that the 25th anniversary was in 1988 but the plaque holds a mascot "Vučko" doing a ski jump from the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984. The plaque is almost entirely made out of hard plastic. Vučko and a ski jump ramp is metal. The plaque is wrapped in a plastic foil and it can't get out without ripping off the foil so I didn't take it out. I don't know if it's an official plaque but it's definately an interesting one.

Here's the Tito plaque which was awarded to officers for retirement. The one I have was given to my grandpa and it had a document which was unfortunately lost. The plaque is fairly big and the box is also very large. There's a sculptor's name under the Yugoslav coat of arms. B.STANOJČIĆ I've tried to find out more about him but it always brought me to this plaque and not the man. I would appreciate any information about him. The maker of this plaque is IKOM Zagreb.