BalkanCollector

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Igor makes incredible research, I highly recommend him!

What an extraordinary group of awards! Thanks for sharing.

On 16/10/2020 at 08:04, CRBeery said:

After 15 years...

Well done! This is exactly why I collect, I'm always looking for more info about the people behind the items. Sometimes the patience and research pays off, sometimes it doesn't but it's definitely an amazing journey.

Very interesting piece!

6 hours ago, Elmar Lang said:

From the summer of 1919, until 1917 he saw service in Poland, with the French Military Mission.

I guess you meant from 1917 to 1919?

6 hours ago, Bob said:

Coming back on the large Magavya Seilovna Ismagambetova labor group posted above.

Amazing post, thank you very much for sharing!

Another spomenica (25,2##) added to my collection and this one belonged to a woman but I haven't found anything about her unfortunately. Only 3,344 women got spomenica.

What an interesting piece of recent history!

On 19/08/2019 at 18:03, BalkanCollector said:

I'm really getting addicted to Spomenice with booklets. My latest example belonged to an officer and political commissar in the 1st Dalmatian Proletarian Shock Brigade. He carved his initials (V.K.) on Spomenica's reverse. I've marked the initials with red circles. Judging by the photo in the booklet he was also an Infantry officer of the Yugoslav People's Army with most likely the rank of a Major.

A little update about the recipient of this Spomenica. He was born in Split, Croatia in 1920 and was an illegal worker for the partisan movement in his hometown. He was a member of the Communist Youth of Yugoslavia from 1936 and was imprisoned by both Kingdom of Yugoslavia authorities in 1938 and by Italian occupation forces in 1942 and he spent 3 months in prison. He was a commisar of company in Split Partisan Detachment, a commisar of company in 1st Dalmatian Brigade and finally a commisar of battalion in 8th Dalmatian (Šibenik) Brigade. His final rank in the army before the retirement was lieutenant colonel.

What an amazing piece!

Do you happen to know anything more about it? This is way out of my field of knowledge but I'd really like to know more. What guns were these used for etc.?

Wow! This guy was quite something.

Your topic has slightly over 300 views currently so I wouldn't say only the two of us are interested in your topics. It's just the silent majority who doesn't post comments unfortunately. I'd really like to see the rest of Hošek's awards but I understand if you don't have time or will to create a separate topic.

That's very nice, thank you for the extra photos!

Almost three years since the last reply, I'd like to show my latest ribbon bar. This one is very interesting to me because it has two Order for Bravery ribbons and a ribbon for an Order of the Partisan Star 3rd class.

Very nice piece with its original box! Who was the recipient? I'm guessing a foreign diplomat, official or a military figure.

Great news! Looking forward for more.

No problem, I'm glad I could help.

As for her surname, you might be right. The common version is Ibričić but your grandma's surname Ibročić could be some rare variation.

Amazing group Bob! Too bad her Uzbek awards are missing. 

Here's the latest addition to my collection related to this battle.

I found names of all three women in the list of people who participated in this battle. They fought in 4th Proletarian Montenegrin Brigade. The photo was taken in the late 1944 in Serbian region of Mačva. 

From left to right:

- born in 1910; during the battle she was a company nurse in the 1st battalion (she was awarded with Partizanska spomenica 1941. and an Order for Bravery like the other two women and she most likely wears them in the photo because I've found another photo of her wearing them); she is most likely a zastavnik/sergeant major on the photo and this rank was an officer rank during that time

- born in 1922; during the battle she was a fighter of the 2nd company of the 2nd battalion and by the end of the war she was a referent saniteta brigade/medical referent (officer) of brigade; She is a 2nd lieutenant on the photo

- born in 1912; during the battle she was a nurse in the 1st battalion and by the end of the war referent saniteta bataljona/medical referent (officer) of battalion

Thank you for additional info and photos, I really love them!

That queen Elizabeth medal is beyond my expertise and it's very rare to see a Yugoslav awarded with it.

The medal marked with the red arrow is 50 years of the Battle of Batina commemoration medal. You can read about the battle here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Batina

The Yugoslav partisan 51st Vojvodina Division fought in this battle so she was a soldier of this division. The following brigades fought in the battle and she must have been in one of them:

7th Vojvodina Brigade
8th Vojvodina Brigade
12th Vojvodina Brigade
14th Vojvodina Brigade
Artillery Brigade of 51st Vojvodina Division

On the first photo of your grandma she doesn't wear the order marked below. It's the Order for Merits for the People 3rd class.

10 hours ago, Masurian's daughter said:

Her maiden name was: Zorica Ibročić : 1928–2018 (BIRTH 14 JUN 1928 • Irig, Yugoslavia/DEATH 12 DEC 2018 • Belgrade, Serbia.) Does any one have any leads on where to find more information about her service? I'm not sure what kind of records were kept and what has survived.

I think you've misspelled her surname, it's most likely Ibričić. As for the records, her local veteran (SUBNOR) association probably has some info about her so the best shot is to ask for their help. Also, I think the best shot is to use her husband's surname if she changed her maiden's surname when she got married, or try to use both of those surnames. You can post her other surname here and maybe I can find her name mentioned in some of the books about partisan units that are available online in Serbo-Croatian language. 

Thank you for the answer!

Thank you for sharing the info! 

59 minutes ago, nickstrenk said:

sent to fight against the Soviet Union

Do you know which unit was he in, a German unit? 

Very nice group! Do you have any more information about the man that you'd like to share with us?

18 hours ago, new world said:

They probably got him one of tompac copies that we frequently see for sale.

Still, very nice gesture!!! Long live the Hero!

 

You could be right.

10 hours ago, Zaim Qyteza said:

The last Albanian hero was General Rahman Parllaku. He died in 2019, a few months after reaching the age of 100.

 

Thank you for the info and photos!

Thank you for the info!

12 hours ago, slava1stclass said:

He was credited with 194 confirmed kills.

Wow, that's quite something. Could you share his name with us? I'd really want to know more about him.

Thank you for your input! I don't think it's Brazil though, it has a strong European feel to it but who knows...