BalkanCollector

The copper factory in Sevojno, Serbia that's still operating under the name Valjaonica Bakra Sevojno. It was built from 1950 until 1952. Kombinat 1950 Sevojno (Комбинат 1950, Севојно).

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.

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.

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).

The breast star looks a lot like the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

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.

Searching in English often gives zero results so knowing of cyrillic definitely helps a lot.

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!

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.