BalkanCollector

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.

Such a fantastic group! Any chance you can post close images of every award (obverse and reverse) and document? I know it's a lot of work but I'm sure there's a lot of us interested.

It's been a while since I posted in this topic so here's one of my latest groups. This partisan got two orders for his service during WW2. Order for Merits for the People 3rd class, early ZIN type with a low number #3,942. He got it while he was a senior sergeant (stariji vodnik), the highest NCO rank in the Yugoslav Army at the time. Order for Bravery with a rare box, numbered #77,625. He got it as a reserve ensign (zastavnik), the lowest officer rank in the Yugoslav Army at the time.

Thank you very much!

For years I've admired black and white photo colorizations and gave it a go myself some months ago. I haven't colorized much photos yet but here's my best one. The officer looks very much alive when the photo is colorized and the damage repaired. Political lieutenant colonel (collar tab insignia) of the Yugoslav Army wearing a Partisan Remembrance Award 1941 on his left pocket and an Order of the Partisan Star 3rd class on his right chest. The photo was taken in Belgrade on December 13th 1945. The original photo is from my collection.

Amazing medal bar!

That's a wonderful piece! The Czechoslovak connection is even more interesting. Did you get it?

Amazing medal with great (hi)story behind it!

Indeed. Even that orange/yellow color that pops up from the ripped parts of the ribbon looks the same now that I compare your ribbon to this one again.

The color isn't green, it's light blue but the ribbon is in a bad shape. Here's an example of a ribbon of this order in a bad shape from the internet. I guess this light blue color has a tendency to look like a different color whenever the ribbon is beat up. The one below looks more grey than light blue. Once you've seen enough of these orders, you start to notice the ribbon without a doubt even with these discoloration variations so I'm 100% positive it's the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.

You're right, it's definitely the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.

Thank you very much for your opinion!

I would like to get opinions on this cased cross. Is everything genuine? What's the time period and how much is it worth in the current condition? Here are the seller's photos:

I just realised I posted this topic in the wrong section. Thank you for pointing this out! Please moderators move it here: https://gmic.co.uk/forum/258-germany-third-reich-uniforms-headwear-insignia-equipment/

Thank you for your insight!

Thank you for the interesting info! Living in Canada for such a long time where your family didn't experience the tragedies and destruction of war at first hand, it must have been awful to come to a poor country devastated by the war. As for the prices, two Youth Railway 1947 badges at the top row are the cheapest. I've seen them go for about 5-8€, that would be each. I've seen these Shock Worker 1947 badges in the middle go for as much as 20€ but I would put the price anywhere from 10-20€, depending how lucky you can get selling them. The last two badges in the bottom row would be the most expensive although I've seen one go for about 2€ on some Czech auction site. I guess the seller didn't quite know what he had since these are rare and a bit more expensive. I've also seen one on ebay which was sold for about 20€ but I think you could possibly get even more, it all depends on how bad someone wants it and how much he's willing to pay. Hope this gives you a general idea and thank you again for sharing the pictures and the story!

Hello Ed! You have some very nice badges. I see you're from Canada so I believe two Canadian volunteers got these badges. Each got a Youth Railway 1947 badge and a Foreign Brigadier badge, and one of them also got the Shock Worker badge. More info about the badges below. You have two of these badges I posted in the top row: In the middle is a Youth Railway 1947 shock worker badge. Shock workers were those who exceeded the labour norm. In the bottom row you have two rare badges to foreign brigadiers (labour action participants) who participated in the Youth Railway labour action. You can see the similar design and correlation to the badge in the top row.