BalkanCollector

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Incredible story! This is the first time that I've heared about Czechoslovaks in the Korean war.

Bulgarian medal of the 9th Division. This division was from Pleven if I'm not mistaken. It says "9th Divison" at the top of the medal and the rest of the text are geographical locations (cities, towns and mountains) as follows: Glogovica, Drljnova Glava (this one was probably misspelled), Niš, Zlata, Vulino Brdo and Priština. Obviously, the year 1915 is easily visible. I guess this division fought battles near these locations during that year.

Here's another one. This time a pin from 1951 commemorating 8 years since the formation of the 32nd Division. The pin is significantly smaller than the badge from 1946.

Wrong. Mile L. Vučković (read Vuchkovich), a MAN, not lady. Mašinovođa - a train driver. Srpske Moravice (today Moravice), a small settlement in Gorski Kotar region of Croatia.

These badges are truly remarkable. Amazing quality!

I have a PS 2nd class awarded to an officer from Croatia and the number is in the #2,400 range. I also have a PS 2nd class in a #900 range which I'm sure was awarded beacuse of the signs of wear but I sadly don't know the recipient. The highest number I've seen with a document was in the #4,200 range. Regarding your question, I'm not familiar with any literature regarding the serial numbers and I'm afraid we may never get an answer to it. Maybe one day if the Belgrade archives opened to public and we could research orders and medals by their serial numbers like you can research Soviet awards.

Remarkable group of items and an excellent job reuniting the group! Thank you very much for sharing all the details with us!

Thank you for the input and for showing your amazing collection!

Amazing ribbon bar to a general! Do you possibly know the recipient?

Thank you for these precious photos! Amazing uniform!

Very interesting! I've never seen this French medal before.

Great collection of this beautiful medal!

WOW, what an incredible story and amazing research! Thank you so much for sharing!

Anytime!

It's interesting how the Yugoslav Order of the Partisan Star 1st class looks very similar.

According to the Policy of the Order of Croatian Interlace from October 6th 2000, the order is made from .999 silver with some gilt and enameled parts. As for the price, sets like the one you've shown have been sold for as little as 65€ and as much as 135€.

Can someone shed some light on this one? To be more precise, why is there a communist-styled badge attached to the ribbon?

Thank you for the interest! If you come across photos of soldiers wearing this badge, please share them here.

Another one from the forum paluba.info. An officer wearing the badge above the pocket.

Two more examples from the same book. The first photo shows the correct wear and in the second one, we can see the potporučnik (second lieutenant) wearing it incorrectly.

Here's one example of the correct wear. The photo is from the book Moje selo partizansko (My Partisan Village) by Dragutin Mrkoci and this is him as an officer. Judging by everything, the photo was taken somewhere between December 1945 and 1946.

The 32nd Zagorje Division of the Yugoslav Army badge (1945), commemorating 2 years of the unit's formation in December 1943. The badge was worn on the left breast pocket but soldiers often wore it over the pocket. The photo examples are in the next few posts. Here's the badge from my collection:

Interesting, thank you for sharing! I really like the Military Honour Cross on the left.

Absolutely amazing! Thank you very much for sharing the photos and info with us! I'm surprised he got the lowest class of the Order for Merits for the People since he was a high ranking officer.