BalkanCollector

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Here's a photo of what appears to be a Lieutenant Colonel. He's wearing two Yugoslav type Orders of Bravery, 10 years of Yugoslav People's Army Medal and a Commemorative Medal of the Partisan 1941 on his left side. The Order of Republic (class?), Order of Brotherhood and Unity (2nd class?), two Orders of People's Merit (possibly 2nd and 3rd class) and a Polish Partisan Cross on his right side. I don't know what's the thing he's wearing in the bottom left side of the photo.

Sorry for making it unclear. It appears to be a French Legion of Honor.

I've marked the photo for better understanding.

1 and 2 are two Soviet Orders of Suvorov 1st class

3 is Soviet Order of Red Star

4 is Soviet Order of Kutuzov

5 is Bulgarian Bravery Order

6 already mentioned French Legion of Honor

You're right about the Bulgarian Bravery Order. I've mixed it with Swedish Polar Star Order. Decorations on the left are from top to bottom: two Suvorovs 1st class, Order of Red Star, Order of Kutuzov, another Bulgarian Bravery Order and a French Legion of Honor.

Here's a photo of his another uniform with some other awards. Unfortunately there's no Order of People's Hero on it.

That's an interesting way of wearing neck orders. I see US Legion of Merit and some Swedish order if I'm not mistaken.

Thank you Paja! This plaque is a puzzle for me. 

You are right, VTA was in Zagreb, Črnomerec to be more precise. Today it's Croatian Military College.

He was on duty in Zagreb for almost all of his service but he was never on duty in Sarajevo so it's a real mistery. 

I have a question regarding this Socialist Yugoslavia Air Force/Anti-Air Defence officer hat which I acquired recently. Is it possible to know the period of production? There are 6 torches on the button so it must be post 1963. It was produced by Jedinstvo Beograd.

Those are the seller's photos.

Here's some more Soviets decorated with Yugoslav awards.

Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General of the Airforce Andrey Nikiforovich Vitruk wearing an Order of People's Hero.

Hero of the Soviet Union Georgi Stepanovich Staradubuev wearing Partisan Star 1st class.

Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General of tank troops Vladimir Ivanovich Zhdanov wearing an Order of People's Hero.

No problem and thanks for your trouble!

Here's the other plaque which I mentioned. My grandpa got it for 25 years of graduation from the Military-Technical Academy (VTA, Vojno-tehnička akademija). Interesting thing is that the 25th anniversary was in 1988 but the plaque holds a mascot "Vučko" doing a ski jump from the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984. The plaque is almost entirely made out of hard plastic. Vučko and a ski jump ramp is metal. The plaque is wrapped in a plastic foil and it can't get out without ripping off the foil so I didn't take it out. I don't know if it's an official plaque but it's definately an interesting one.

Here's the Tito plaque which was awarded to officers for retirement. The one I have was given to my grandpa and it had a document which was unfortunately lost. The plaque is fairly big and the box is also very large.

There's a sculptor's name under the Yugoslav coat of arms. B.STANOJČIĆ

I've tried to find out more about him but it always brought me to this plaque and not the man. I would appreciate any information about him.

The maker of this plaque is IKOM Zagreb.

No problem Paja! Yes it's from that book. I will send you a private message about that book.

The only thing they said about the badge is that it was introduced in 1945 and that the variety of later pilot badges which were probably introduced in 1947 but were regulated in 1953 were derived from it.

Thanks for making this topic Paja and very nice plaques! I will take some better photos of the only plaque that I have soon and will post info about it. I also have something strange related to the Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo 1984 which was given to my grandpa and hopefully find out more about it. I'm looking forward to discussing this subject! 

45 minutes ago, paja said:

Perhaps they are wearing this badge.

You are right Paja! I checked in "Partizanska vojska i Jugoslavenska armija 1941.-1953." book and I've found 2 types of this badge which was introduced in 1945. It was descibed as metal pilot badge. There was this photo also and it said that this officer was wearing that badge. However the photo of the officer on a Harley Davidson isn't larger so we can't know for sure. 

On 16. 09. 2017. at 22:16, paja said:

Here's the photo of those 2 types of the pilot badge.

Nice photos of the Soviets! I'm not sure about Gagarin receiving the Yugoslav Flag but I think I've read something about it somewhere. I will share more Soviets wearing Yugoslav awards soon.

Very nice Soviet type Order of Bravery that I've seen on ebay auction. Very low number also! 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/YUGOSLAVIA-ORDER-OF-BRAVERY-RUSSIAN-TYPE-No-108-REALLY-RARE-/253159093098?hash=item3af175336a:g:KdUAAOSwy69ZuCNO

Group of photos of a Soviet Read Admiral Grigory Nikolaevich Ohrimenko. He was awarded the Yugoslav Order of Bravery (Soviet production) and Order of People's Hero. His group of awards was sold a few years ago.

Thank you for uploading them. I don't know why I couldn't save the photos so I couldn't do it myself. I've tried saving them again today and now it's working...

Interesting, thanks for the info!

Very strange Order of Labour. Unfortunately I couldn't save the photos so here's the link. 

https://www.aukcije.hr/prodaja/Kolekcionarstvo/Militarija/Ordeni-i-medalje/Jugoslavija/1362/oglas/Orden-rada-II-reda-FNRJ-model/3113687/

I'm not sure, I should definitely try to dig up some more information about those plaques. I suggest we should open a topic dedicated to JNA plaques because I see a lot of potential and material. 

Hmm, I don't know. Too bad the photo isn't a little more clear.

Interesting photo. Did you notice the position of triangles? They should be on the upper part of the collar.

Ah, now I see. No need to apologize, I should have read more cautiously.

You might be right. I've seen similar plaques on a local flea market and I've noticed they weigh much. They were made out of metal and marble with a JNA sign like the one you've linked. Although I think it is a rare piece because of that depiction of armament, it is definately overpriced. 

Also the plaques I've seen at the flea market similar to the linked one didn't have any documentation.

Now that you've mentioned that some of the shoulder boards looked the same...here's an interesting photo of two officers in a Harley Davidson. The right one is wearing a Kingdom of Yugoslavia Pilot Badge. The photo is not very clear but you can see that it appears to be either Kingdom or Socialist Yugoslavia Pilot Badge. Considering that this photo was taken during wartime it can only be the Kingdom type.

No problem! Unfortunately I don't know if your document has any relation with the one's for retirement. I noticed that the recipient of your document is a sergeant. Maybe the lower ranked personel got that type of document for retirement while the higher ranked got plaque with a different one. 

I'm not very knowledgeable about signatures but I know that autopen usually doesn't have that natural look and looks like it's printed on the paper. If it looks hand written it could even be a secretary who had made the signature. I could only imagine how many stuff did the high ranking officers and generals had to sign. I guess they had mostly signed top secret stuff and more important documents.

3 hours ago, paja said:

I posted this one a few days ago in a different topic, not really orders or medals but still somewhat interesting.
Anti-aircraft artillery (? - wings and crossed cannons) NCO in M1946 uniform with three udarnik (shock worker) badges.

Spot on Paja! Here's an example of a Captain first class of an Anti-Aircrat Artillery epaulletes from the "Partizanska vojska i Jugoslavenska armija 1941.-1953." book.

It actually looks different and is one piece of paper. It was given for discontinuation of an active military service.

Photo taken from the internet. The left one was signed by Branko Mamula and the right one by Veljko Kadijević, although I don't know if it is their signature or an autopen.

Soviet Colonel wearing the Partisan Star I. class and an Order for Bravery among other Soviet awards.