BalkanCollector

On 17/03/2024 at 20:44, DLE said:

I have found this as well on the war records on Ancestry...I do not know what all the notations/abbreviations mean.  And I do not know what "entitled to the Emblem" means??

I have also included a copy of the actual citation if this helps to shed some light on what this medal was for or why it was issued.

Is there any way you can get more detailed photos of this decree? Especially the part I marked because it may hide some information. It's impossible to read it with this resolution.

Amazing photos! Thank you AndresT and steveBobby for sharing!

4 hours ago, Eric Gaumann said:

And the funny thing is, at least on the few SM sites I watch the big 3 forums(this one, GMIC,& WPAF) are always mentioned when it comes to finding answers.

I can see why. GMIC was the first forum that popped up when I googled some stuff related to Yugoslav militaria back when I was just starting to collect. Naturally, the next move was to join it so here we are almost 8 years later.

The focus shifted from forums to sites like facebook, instagram and so on. In my opinion, forums are the best way to share info and find what you need because they can be organized extremely well. Other sites like instagram or tiktok mostly serve to see who can collect more likes which is just a show off competition if you ask me. Plus, I often see pointless discussions there with lots of false information. Sometimes those discussions even lead to fighting in the comments. I've never seen stuff like that on the forums, at least not those I regularly visit like GMIC.

On 14/01/2024 at 20:05, Eric Gaumann said:

Also weird that nobody's posted on these in 5 years.

This forum has sadly been mostly dead for years now when it comes to Yugoslav stuff.

9 hours ago, Eric Gaumann said:

Interesting part of the Order

It's a shame an order was broken into pieces but at the same time it's interesting to see how the pieces itself were attached.

On 22/11/2023 at 08:58, Graf said:

First Emission 1945 till 1951  It is Second Class  First Class is with white enamel and the back plate/star is gilded

Only this Emission is with screw back   Next Three Emissions were with ribbon

 

Regards

Thank you for the additional info!

It has been an awful lot of time since the last reply to this topic but here's something I recently added to my collection.

Plaque for 35th anniversary of formation of the 15th Vojvodina Brigade "Šandor Petefi" (Sándor Petőfi), named after a Hungarian revolutionary. This brigade was formed mostly out of Hungarian from Yugoslavia who joined the Yugoslav Partisans.

Thank you for your opinions!

I need opinions on this piece. Is it authentic or not?

Extraordinary page! Thank you very much for sharing!

Thank you for the info!

21 hours ago, JohanH said:

Here is my newest addition to my collection.

That's an amazing addition! Is there any info on how much orders of this type were issued?

I've seen his Czechoslovak Order for Freedom being offered by a couple of different accounts on facebook which is highly suspicious, most likely a scam. You said you got his OVZ 1st class so there are probably quite a few different owners of Jovanović's awards. Good luck!

Amazing medal bar!

22 hours ago, Muh said:

oh wow i would love to have a photo like this one, really strong vibes

Pretty cool photos, that's for sure! 

And lastly, some photos.

On 10/06/2019 at 14:49, BalkanCollector said:

Vaso Jovanović, Kutuzov 2nd class

In this thread I posted pictures of Jovanović's Order of Kutuzov 2nd class and additional few photos of Jovanović wearing it.

Soviet Order of Kutuzov 2nd class.

Order of the Republic 1st class

Some Yugoslav and foreign awards.

Order of the War Banner

Order of the People's Army 1st class

Order for Military Merits 1st class

Order of the Partisan Star 1st class. Sadly, his second one was missing in the auction.