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Google image search says it's Konstantin Kisimov, Bulgarian stage and film actor. https://lens.google.com/search?ep=gsbubu&hl=hr&re=df&p=Acn1BYdk7cwyOrQ8ipFAfMLhicd05yNiMTqX5h2qvdBPcZRe5uuwJQvepY6MDdjfyx7NtYkYB7MAUQIg2JolGKNZV0VomrOOKXpKuIQj2mLZMcK26mHD2wyrN9QXgtKLddneyVyEpWyZWvDTG6KSxoZmbXB4bJpMTvba03U0X8e6ymUtkkMCA1MUk-TYkaedXGU1Nty1dPLDRg18mvA8qQTG#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsIkVrY0tKREkyWldVM05HUXpMVEl6TUdJdE5EVmtZaTA1WkdJNUxXRmtPV0ZoWm1VME5ERmtNeElmUVhwMFRITmFlbWhZYlVGWk5FbGhORUZXWjJGWFdVTnFZM0U0Y214NFp3PT0iLG51bGwsbnVsbCxbW251bGwsbnVsbCwiMi0xIl0sWyI3NmMyN2RiYi01YmMzLTRkZTMtOTE5My1lYmIzYmIxMzliMGQiXV1d

That's a really interesting badge!

Omladinska pruga i put Jablanica (Youth Railway and Road Jablanica) 1952 badge. A bit darker photo.

That's interesting. My guess is the bottom row ribbons (Order and Medal for Bravery and Order of Labour 3rd class) belonged to the wife of the other ribbons' owner and they were eventually sewn together. This is just a wild guess!

Muh, I like the one on the right but this one doesn't seem genuine to me. Ribbons are original but the combination and order of precedence is highly unlikely. I think that the first two rows are genuine but it seems like the bottom row was added later. It seems like it is attached to the cardboard which is sewn to the top two rows of a ribbon bar.

I agree but there's a mentality factor that needs to be put in consideration. I can guarantee you that most people here in the Balkans are only looking for a quick profit, even if that means losing money in the long run so making something dirt cheap and selling it for as much as you can is a national sport at this point. I'm not talking about these fakes only but businesses in general. Of course, those entrepreneurs don't last long.

Thank you for all the info, very interesting!

Thank you for your honest assessment! I guess it's impossible to track and notice patterns then.

I need some help determining the years of production on WW2 era crosses of liberty. In this post I will share some "knowledge" I collected so far but it's more of a shot in the dark so hopefully more knowledgeable collectors can give correct information. The first one is 1939 type with numbers popping out and is colored in accordance with the class. The examples I'll show are 4th class, the silver ones. So 1939 was awarded in 1939 and 1940. Was there a possibility of someone being awarded with the 1939 cross during 1941-1945 or after the war? Moving on to the next one, 1941 type 1, the same style as 1939 with colored numbers popping out. I've seen this type coming with award certificates in 1941 and I'm guessing that's the year they were awarded. The next one is 1941 type 2. Its numbers are engraved unlike the previous two examples. Plus, it has a different way of attaching the rose with rivets. I've seen this type coming with a certificate in 1942. Was it possibly awarded in other years (1941-1945) or even after the war as a late award? And the last type that I know of, the same as the previous one, just without the visible rivets. I still haven't seen this piece coming with a certificate to know which years these were awarded.

That's a really strange looking IKOM Zagreb screw.

Wow, look at all those bravery crosses!

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.

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.

Absolutely true.

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.

I got very lucky this year with udarnik (shock woker) badges. Here's another one for the labour action Omladinska pruga 1947. / Youth Railway 1947. Railway Šamac-Sarajevo (242km) was built from April 1st 1947 until November 15th 1947.

It's nice to see the titovka coming back home since most of the stuff that went abroad most likely never will.

Another early shock worker (udarnik) badge. Novi Beograd, New Belgrade 1948.

Quite interesting. His rank is a major.

A rare shock worker (udarnik) badge from the labour action Highway Brotherhood and Unity Zagreb-Belgrade in 1949. This one is special because it's an army type for the soldiers of the Yugoslav Army (JA) who participated in the action. See the rifle in the star and the letters JA.

The award document says it's a medal "To the Defender of Ukraine. For honor! For Glory! For the People!".

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.

How incredible, such an amazing group!

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...