BalkanCollector

Amazing set of photos! Keep 'em comin'!

4 hours ago, peter monahan said:

Yes, part of the relics of colonialism, though when I was there in the early '80s mosty of the Army officers I met had trained in the US - many at Ft Knox.  I suspect, thought I've never checked, that early post-independence medals and awards were designed and struck in the UK and certainly the rank structure and so on mimc the British, as do most Commonwealth forces.  

Interesting information, thanks!

1 hour ago, Daffy Duck said:

is there any possibility to know the serial number on that specific piece?

I cannot remember the exact number unfortunately. If my memory serves me right it was in the range of 40,000 but that could be completely wrong. Sorry!

Such an amazing group!

Could be...

If you find the answer please let us know, I will do the same if I find anything.

That one is a real mistery for me. I checked Russian wikipedia for Katukov's awards and there isn't an award which he received with that ribbon.

I don't know how familiar you are with Russian but you can check his ribbons on this link. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Катуков,_Михаил_Ефимович

On 30/01/2018 at 13:48, Eric Gaumann said:

Interesting.  New in pouch.

Seller's description: "Order of the Meritorious Service to the Nation with Silver Rays (Second Degree), 1961-1991, in solid silver (.800 fine, 33 grams approximately), partially gilded, 41mm, silver hallmarked and maker marked IKOM Zagreb, unissued, still in cellophane bag as was delivered by the manufacturer, with two related ribbon bars. "

Recently I had an opportunity of buying an exact example as you've shown. It also came in a cellophane bag and with two ribbons. I met the seller in person and I held the item in my hands. It doesn't look that shiny in person to be honest. He claims that he bought 12kg of this order directly from IKOM back in the 90's. I don't see why would he lie about that since he is one of the biggest collectors I've met in person. Here is his site, he's got some impressive stuff. http://www.eu-militaria.com/

He also said that he bought experimental pieces from IKOM. For example Order of Brotherhood and Unity 3rd class which was never actually used since there were only two classes of this order, Order of War Flag etc. The photos of those experimental orders which you can see around the internet are actually his. Unfortunately he sold those orders years ago to someone in Russia if I'm not mistaken.

Here are the seller's photos:

4 hours ago, Von Thronstahl said:

None of it.  This photo was part of the bigger lot. I remember when it hit the market. I have childish dreams of rejoining this and similar lots.

Nothing is more sad than a broken set of related items. Hvala na odgovoru! 

Beautiful set of photos Overture!

3 hours ago, Von Thronstahl said:

Are you the owner of this photo? I am interested because because he is Croatian.

How do you know? I'm a rookie at KuK so I'd like to know when I see a fellow Croatian in KuK.

'Pentru Marina' literally means 'For the Navy'.

Soviet Union Marshal Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin wearing an Order of People's Liberation

Very nice although they are running out of ideas with ribbon colors  

First time seeing Nigerian awards. I see they are greatly influenced by the UK.

Here's an example from my collection. It's the 1916 one with a bronze star.

Remarkable stuff! Order of the Yugoslav Flag caught my eye.

Looks great! Can we see the whole spange?

17 hours ago, Uffz. Rohleder said:

Thank you very much guys. 

 

Yeah looks like but I wonder why he choose silver instead of gold for the medal. We will never known 

Personally, I prefer silver medals, they look way better in my opinion. Maybe your grandpa shared the same view.

Also, who knows the price of gold back then? Maybe it was way more expensive than silver.

So nice to see such an old medal being preserved by the family for so many years! 

Today's flea market finds.

Two captains. The left one is wearing an Order for Merits for the People (2nd or 3rd class), 2 Orders for Bravery and a Medal for Bravery. The right one is wearing an Order for Merits for the People (2nd or 3rd class) and an Order for Bravery.

Soldier on the left is most likely wearing a Medal for Bravery. On the right is a Corporal (if I'm not mistaken) wearing a Medal for Merits for the People.

Lieutenant? (potporučnik) wearing an an Order for Merits for the People (2nd or 3rd class), an Order for Bravery and a Medal for Bravery.

Captain wearing an Order for Merits for the People (2nd or 3rd class).

The last one isn't actually wearing medals but ribbons instead. Captain (you can't see his ranks but it writes in the back of the photo) with 2 Orders for Bravery ribbons and another one which I can't determine.

Beautiful looking medal!

A common sight on this order. Here's an example from my collection. You can also see fingerprints on it.

Astonishing collection! 

1 hour ago, paul wood said:

Sorry it is a joke it means it is a copy. Copy if written with cyrillic script is pronounced Soru. At work when we see a Russian piece which is a wrong un we say it looks like Soru's  handywork. The Nevsky illustrated looks  very much as if it is a theatrical copy not made with the intent to deceive. As usual my joke has back-fired.

Paul

I get it now. Thanks for clearing that up! It's harder to understand the joke if you're used to cyrillic script as myself and you naturally read "Copy" as "Soru". 

It's actually a pretty good pun  

35 minutes ago, paul wood said:

It is by the famous Russian maker "Soru" (in Cyrilic Copy). Paul

You should probably put Copy also in apostrophes (" ") because people who don't know cyrillic script could mistake it for the English word "copy". Or even better put it in italic since that's how the linguists do it.

Regards

Mario

First time seeing this medal. Looks amazing!