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The newest photo I've found on the internet. Mihajlo Apostolski wearing his Suvorov 2nd class.

It says "белгиску држављанку" which means "the Belgian citizen". Unfortunately, there isn't anything on the document that indicates for which merits was she awarded.

Those that are currently offered on ebay are all 3rd classes and I don't see any 2nd class of this early type for sale. Those early 3rd classes are cheap and would be in the entry level collector's range. The early 2nd classes aren't that cheap but they also aren't too expensive either but they aren't that easy to find.

Unfortunately no. Until recently I thought they were, even though they don't have any silver hallmarks but a fellow forum member pointed out to me that these aren't in fact made of silver. Here's another early second class of this order posted by Paja, numbered #411.

I decided to create this topic to share my early Order of Labour 2nd class, a rare screwback version with a low number. I hope to turn this topic into a small forum database of this order (only screwback versions) since these are getting harder and harder to find so if you have one and if you're willing to share it with the community, feel free to post some pictures. Also, what's the highest number you've seen on these? The highest I've seen was in a #1,6XX range. Here's my boxed example numbered #462. It came in a group of the holder of the Partisan Remembrance Award 1941 but sadly, the document for the Order of Labour 2nd class is missing. The good thing is that the box is numbered.

Milutin Morača (on the left) wearing his Kutuzov 2nd class. He is general-major on this photo unlike the quoted one when he was a pukovnik (colonel).

Here's another photo of Peko Dapčević (on the right) wearing his Suvorov 2nd class.

I'd like to update the list of recipients since I've found more names as well as dates and ranks for most of them at the time they got the award. Order of Kutuzov 1st class: 1. Bakarić Vladimir (15.10.1945.) 2. Čolaković Rodoljub (15.10.1945.) 3. general-lajtnant Dapčević Peko (15.10.1945.) 4. general-lajtnant Đilas Milovan (5.9.1944.) 5. Hebrang Andrija (15.10.1945.) 6. general-lajtnant Jovanović Arso (5.9.1944.) 7. Jovanović Blažo (15.10.1945.) 8. Kidrič Boris (15.10.1945.) 9. Kovačević Sava (posthumously) 10. general-lajtnant Milutinović Ivan (5.9.1944.) 11. Nešković Blagoje (15.10.1945.) 12. Pucar Đuro (15.10.1945.) 13. general-lajtnant Ranković Aleksandar (5.9.1944.) 14. general-major Vukmanović Svetozar (5.9.1944.) 15. general-lajtnant Žujović Sreten (5.9.1944.) Order of Kutuzov 2nd class: (pukovnik=colonel) 1. general-major Ambrožič Lado (5.9.1944.) 2. pukovnik Ćetković Vlado (5.9.1944.) 3. pukovnik Danilović Uglješa (15.10.1945.) 4. general-major Drapšin Petar (5.9.1944.) 5. general-major Đurić Ljubodrag (15.10.1945.) 6. pukovnik Jakšić Pavle (5.9.1944.) 7. pukovnik Jovanić Đoko (5.9.1944.) 8. pukovnik Jovanović Vaso (5.9.1944.) 9. pukovnik Kovačić Veljko (5.9.1944.) 10. general-major Danilo Lekić (5.9.1944.) 11. general-major Maček Ivan (15.10.1945.) 12. general-major Matetić Vlado (5.9.1944.) 13. pukovnik Morača Milutin (5.9.1944.) 14. general-lajtnant Nađ Kosta (5.9.1944.) 15. general-lajtnant Orović Savo (15.10.1945.) 16. pukovnik Pecotić Bogdan (15.10.1945.) 17. pukovnik Peričin Marko (5.9.1944.) 18. general-major Pirc Franc (15.10.1945.) 19. general-major Rodić Slavko (5.9.1944.) 20. pukovnik Stefanović Svetoslav (15.10.1945.) 21. general-major Šegrt Vlado (5.9.1944.) 22. pukovnik Todorović Vojo (15.10.1945.) 23. pukovnik Urošević Sredoje (15.10.1945.)

After some time, I'd like to update the list since I've found two more names and dates for the second class, plus an additional nine recipients of the third class. I've changed the format of the list which includes the recipients rank at the time he got the award. Order of Suvorov 1st class: 1. maršal Broz Josip (5.9.1944.) 2. general armije Gošnjak Ivan (20.6.1956.) 3. general-lajtnant Jovanović Arso (15.10.1945.) 4. general-lajtnant Popović Koča (15.10.1945.) general-lajtnant Ranković Aleksandar (15.10.1945.) Order of Suvorov 2nd class: 1. general-major Apostolski Mihajlo (5.9.1944.) 2. general-lajtnant Dapčević Peko (5.9.1944.) 3. general-lajtnant Gošnjak Ivan (5.9.1944.) 4. general-lajtnant Nađ Kosta (15.10.1945.) 5. general-major Obradović Branko (15.10.1945.) 6. general-lajtnant Popović Koča (5.9.1944.) 7. general-major Rozman Franc (5.9.1944.) 8. general-lajtnant Terzić Velimir (5.9.1944.) 9. general-major Vukotić Jovan (15.10.1945.) Order of Suvorov 3rd class: (pukovnik=colonel, potpukovnik=lieutenant colonel) 1. pukovnik Baće Maks (15.10.1945.) 2. pukovnik Đurić Momčilo (15.10.1945.) 3. pukovnik Ivanović Miladin (15.10.1945.) 4. pukovnik Jovanović Radivoje (15.10.1945.) 5. potpukovnik Komnenović Danilo (15.10.1945.) 6. pukovnik Penezić Slobodan (15.10.1945.) 7. pukovnik Popović Vujadin (15.10.1945.) 8. pukovnik Uzunovski Cvetko (15.10.1945.) 9. pukovnik Vidović Žarko (15.10.1945.)

Wasn't this cross established in 1916? Karl became the emperor in November 1916. EDIT: Seems like we've replied at the same time. @GdC26

What an amazing mapcase and a very amazing project! I have my grandpa's leather mapcase (Yugoslav People's Army) and it still has a lot of pencils, erasers, rulers and other stuff that he used. Not as cool as your piece though since it's much more common.

Thank you for sharing these amazing pieces from your collection!

Thank you for your quick response! The spying industry was blooming at the time so no wonder it had its representatives in the fair.

Can someone help me identify this Czechoslovak badge with a year 1946 on it? It has a maker mark KARNET KYSELY on the back.

Very nice badge! It's a youth railway 1947 shock worker badge. These are rarer than the regular shock worker badges with a year only. I've seen them go for as much as 20€.

We're talking about some very expensive bananas here. ?

WOW, the details on this fruit bowl are out of this world!

The road Čačak-Titovo Užice 1960 badge. It's interesting that the road was built the same year as parts of the Highway Brotherhood and Unity as shown in one of the previous posts. Other than that, I don't know much about the badge nor the labour action for which it was issued.

These are amazing. I love the fact that so many of these are numbered and made of silver. Thank you very much for sharing them with us!

Great! Please let me know when you open the thread in case I miss it.

Adriatic Highway (Jadranska magistrala) 1964 badge. Adriatic Highway stretches along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and it passes through Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It was built during the '50s and '60s but I've only seen the badge with a year 1964 on it.

Indeed! It would be more interesting if they were numbered but at least you can match any badge to a document to complete the set. I would really like to see them. Please send me a private message with a link if you posted them somewhere.

Probably the most famous Yugoslav labour badge of them all, the shock worker (udarnik) badge. Shock workers were highly productive workers and they got these badges for their labour merits. There are many of these badges with different years on them and some of them even have extra writing. For example the youth railway (omladinska pruga) or highway (autoput) which indicates that the badge was meant to be given to a shock worker who worked on these labour actions. Here is my shock worker badge from 1959.

Now some documents... Here's the group of documents issued to my grandpa. He participated in two youth labour actions, Highway Brotherhood and Unity 1958 (Ljubljana-Zagreb) and 1959 (Paraćin-Niš). He was a regular worker (brigadir) in 1958 and a commander of company (komandir čete) in 1959 when he earned a shock worker (udarnik) badge. He was a worker of the 3rd Belgrade Youth Labour Brigade which held the name "Žikica Jovanović Španac" in 1958 and "Boris Kidrič" in 1959. My grandpa got three badges, highway 1958 and 1959 badge and a shock worker 1959 badge. Unfortunately, the badges are lost and I only have his documents. Highway 1958 Highway 1959

The work to connect north with south of Yugoslavia continued 8 years after the Zagreb-Beograd part of the highway was built. These were the highway labour actions by a year: 1958 - Zagreb-Ljubljana (80km, 53,323 people) 1959 - Niš-Paraćin and Demir Kapija-Negotino (110km in total, around 51,000 people) 1960 - Niš-Grdelica and Udovo-Gevgelija (113km in total, around 48,557 people) 1961 - Grdelica-Skopje (138km, 46,699 people) 1962 - some final work on the highway and I think this includes parts of highway in Serbia and Macedonia 1963 - Osipaonica-Beograd It is said that 251,737 people participated in the labour actions from 1958 until 1963 which finally completed the highway and connected Ljubljana with Gevgelija. I think that the number 251,737 is based on the addition of the number of people who participated in each of these actions and not the total number of different people so I believe that the number of different people participating in these actions is lower since there were people who participated in multiple of these. For example my grandpa participated in two actions, the one in 1958 and the one in 1959 so his share in the total number of people 251,737 is most likely 2. I've only seen one badge design for the highway labour actions from 1958 until 1963 but with different years on them. Here are two examples from my collection with years 1959 and 1962 on them. 1959 1962