BalkanCollector

Perhaps one of the most famous labour actions was the Highway Brotherhood and Unity. The first part was built between Zagreb and Belgrade in the length of around 400km of highway. The preparations lasted from 1946 until 1948 and the work started on April 1st 1948 and it lasted until July 15th 1950. I've seen different badges for this labour action but I only have the one from 1949. The one from 1950 looks the same like this one but it obviously has a different year on it and instead of the white enamel part where there's the text bratstvo-jedinstvo it has light blue enamel. I've also seen a star shaped badges with a screw on the back and with a date 29.XI.1949. on them. These are more rare and more expensive. Here's the example of the badge from my collection.

This one is a personal favorite. Vinodol 1952 badge for the construction of hydroelectric power plant Vinodol and the road Delnice-Gornje Jelenje. Unfortunately I don't know much more but I've seen the same badge with years 1953, 1954 and 1955.

Thank you Gordon! Stay tuned for more although I don't have a lot of them since I only started collecting these recently. Keeping up with the theme...Youth Railway 1951 (Omladinska pruga 1951). Railway Doboj-Banja Luka (90km) was built from March 1st 1951 until December 20th 1951 and it is estimated that over 87.000 of people participated in this labour action. The difference between the first two badges I posted and this one is that the first two badges are pressed sheet metal and this one is a heavier full chunk of metal.

Another similar badge for a different labour action, Youth Railway 1947 (Omladinska pruga 1947). Railway Šamac-Sarajevo (242km) was built from April 1st 1947 until November 15th 1947 and it is said that 217.234 people participated it the labour action.

I started gaining interest in Yugoslav youth labour actions (omladinske radne akcije) badges recently and I couldn't find any thread related to the subject so I decided to create one. I will post examples from my collection and I'll try to give some information if possible. First and foremost, the badge Youth Railway 1946 (Omladinska pruga 1946) of the first post-war youth labour action in Yugoslavia. It is said that 62.268 people, mainly youth volunteers, built 90km of railway from May 1st 1946 until November 7th 1946 and connected the two cities, Brčko and Banovići. These badges came with small booklets isued to recipients of the badge but I only have the badge unfortunately.

I just started gaining interest in Yugoslav youth labour actions so it's nice to see a Bulgarian counterpart of such work. Thank you for sharing!

Very nice! Too bad you can't post the photos.

That's very nice! We don't see many of those with documents. Please share some pictures if you're willing to do so, there are some of us who geek about this stuff very much.

Thank you very much for your quick response! What do you think about the authenticity of the medal on the pictures I posted?

Can someone confirm authenticity of this medal and possibly give me an idea on how much do these go for and how many were awarded?

Most likely not a group to a single person, mainly because of the last three medals which were low ranked. I'm guessing it's the 3rd class of the order, the one with rifles.

Amazing start of 2021!

Feel free to post the medals, I'm sure there's some of us who would like to see them and possibly give you some info about the manufacturer and types.

Unfortunately, it's not possible. The Chancellery of Orders in Belgrade exists but it's closed to public and we all hope it opens one day and that the research by number becomes available. Even if it was possible, I doubt we would get anything more than a name though.

It's not ODERANE it's ODBRANE. The inscription translates to Inspectorate of Defence. Judging by the manufacturer, this piece is a post socialist Yugoslavia piece, so a modern one. I don't know anything about it though.

Welcome and thank you for sharing these gems with us! It's pretty amazing that you know the names of the soldiers who wore the first two uniforms.

Very interesting topic! I wonder how many different countries will establish medals for COVID-19.

Talking about how all the citizens should be equal so they abolished some orders which resulted in the fact that a normal citizen couldn't get one while some orders that remained are awarded only to foreigners and members of the royal house...Does this sound even more unequal and unfair or is it just me?

Another example I got recently with its number and a name of the recipient written on the bottom of the box. The suspension of the order is of Soviet production. Unfortunately, the document is missing. The recipient was a very elite diverzant (saboteur) who became a general-major after the war. The order itself The box

A very nice set I got in the beginning of this year. It was awarded to rezervni zastavnik (reserve sergeant) in 1949. During the war he was a fighter of the First Lika Partisan Deatchment "Velebit" and later in the 6th Lika Division. Both his name and the number of the order are written on the top of the box, plus there's also a number of the order written on the bottom of the box. The order itself The document The box

Thank you once again!

Thank you both for your quick answers! After further inspection, I've found another hallmark which was hiding under the connection ring. It appears to be a crown.

I got this Knight and it seems to have 813H hallmark on the ring and also AT hallmark if I'm reading it right. Is it possible to tell the year or anything more by those hallmarks?

I've got another one of these documents and this one is in a much better condition than the previous one although it has clearly been folded before. This one was also given to a soldier of the 1st Dalmatian Brigade and he was 22-23 years old during the battle. I found his name mentioned in one of the books about his brigade and it states that he secured the evacuation of a group of partisans with many wounded from Korčula island to Hvar island in the late 1944. He was an assistant of the commisar of company at the time.

Congratulations on your newest addition! I really like the map.