BalkanCollector

No problem Paja! Yes it's from that book. I will send you a private message about that book. The only thing they said about the badge is that it was introduced in 1945 and that the variety of later pilot badges which were probably introduced in 1947 but were regulated in 1953 were derived from it.

Thanks for making this topic Paja and very nice plaques! I will take some better photos of the only plaque that I have soon and will post info about it. I also have something strange related to the Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo 1984 which was given to my grandpa and hopefully find out more about it. I'm looking forward to discussing this subject!

You are right Paja! I checked in "Partizanska vojska i Jugoslavenska armija 1941.-1953." book and I've found 2 types of this badge which was introduced in 1945. It was descibed as metal pilot badge. There was this photo also and it said that this officer was wearing that badge. However the photo of the officer on a Harley Davidson isn't larger so we can't know for sure. Here's the photo of those 2 types of the pilot badge. Nice photos of the Soviets! I'm not sure about Gagarin receiving the Yugoslav Flag but I think I've read something about it somewhere. I will share more Soviets wearing Yugoslav awards soon.

Very nice Soviet type Order of Bravery that I've seen on ebay auction. Very low number also! http://www.ebay.com/itm/YUGOSLAVIA-ORDER-OF-BRAVERY-RUSSIAN-TYPE-No-108-REALLY-RARE-/253159093098?hash=item3af175336a:g:KdUAAOSwy69ZuCNO

Group of photos of a Soviet Read Admiral Grigory Nikolaevich Ohrimenko. He was awarded the Yugoslav Order of Bravery (Soviet production) and Order of People's Hero. His group of awards was sold a few years ago.

Thank you for uploading them. I don't know why I couldn't save the photos so I couldn't do it myself. I've tried saving them again today and now it's working...

Interesting, thanks for the info!

Very strange Order of Labour. Unfortunately I couldn't save the photos so here's the link. https://www.aukcije.hr/prodaja/Kolekcionarstvo/Militarija/Ordeni-i-medalje/Jugoslavija/1362/oglas/Orden-rada-II-reda-FNRJ-model/3113687/

I'm not sure, I should definitely try to dig up some more information about those plaques. I suggest we should open a topic dedicated to JNA plaques because I see a lot of potential and material.

Hmm, I don't know. Too bad the photo isn't a little more clear. Interesting photo. Did you notice the position of triangles? They should be on the upper part of the collar.

Ah, now I see. No need to apologize, I should have read more cautiously. You might be right. I've seen similar plaques on a local flea market and I've noticed they weigh much. They were made out of metal and marble with a JNA sign like the one you've linked. Although I think it is a rare piece because of that depiction of armament, it is definately overpriced. Also the plaques I've seen at the flea market similar to the linked one didn't have any documentation.

Now that you've mentioned that some of the shoulder boards looked the same...here's an interesting photo of two officers in a Harley Davidson. The right one is wearing a Kingdom of Yugoslavia Pilot Badge. The photo is not very clear but you can see that it appears to be either Kingdom or Socialist Yugoslavia Pilot Badge. Considering that this photo was taken during wartime it can only be the Kingdom type.

No problem! Unfortunately I don't know if your document has any relation with the one's for retirement. I noticed that the recipient of your document is a sergeant. Maybe the lower ranked personel got that type of document for retirement while the higher ranked got plaque with a different one. I'm not very knowledgeable about signatures but I know that autopen usually doesn't have that natural look and looks like it's printed on the paper. If it looks hand written it could even be a secretary who had made the signature. I could only imagine how many stuff did the high ranking officers and generals had to sign. I guess they had mostly signed top secret stuff and more important documents.

Spot on Paja! Here's an example of a Captain first class of an Anti-Aircrat Artillery epaulletes from the "Partizanska vojska i Jugoslavenska armija 1941.-1953." book.

It actually looks different and is one piece of paper. It was given for discontinuation of an active military service. Photo taken from the internet. The left one was signed by Branko Mamula and the right one by Veljko Kadijević, although I don't know if it is their signature or an autopen.

Soviet Colonel wearing the Partisan Star I. class and an Order for Bravery among other Soviet awards.

No problem! Yes, I've noticed that mistake. It's a pretty common medal and there were a lot of Yugoslav recipients.

Here are two different photos of Boško Karalić wearing an Order of People's Hero on the first and Soviet made Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941. His grandson keeps his awards and is also a collector: http://www.6yka.com/novost/128647/dok-se-brise-istorija-bivse-drzave-unuk-cuva-sjecanja-na-djeda-koji-je-medu-prvima-odlikovan-ordenom-narodnog-heroja-jugoslavije

Thank you Paja! It's been a while since I started a search for this piece. The patience had finally paid off.

Thank you Gerd! Unfortunately I don't know enough about those boxes so I can't know for sure what would a fair price be. :/

I've finally bought my first 3rd class star of this order (IKOM, Yugoslav made type). The hallmarks look good under the magnifier. It looks even more beautiful in my hands.

Great call Paja! Per trimeri

No problem! I'm also having doubts about the wound badge but that's the closest thing that looks like the one on the photo. Also, I'd like to correct the name of the woman in this photo. Her name is actually Albina Mali-Hočevar.

Remarkable group!

UK Military Cross and Republic of Malawi Cross