BalkanCollector

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.

3 hours ago, numis said:

Order Partisan Star USSR Manufacture # 7183

 

 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.

On 07/08/2019 at 11:10, JohanH said:

The Hallmark 813H is often seen on finnish silver. The year stamp should be a letter followed by a number.

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?

On 15/05/2020 at 10:32, BalkanCollector said:

Document of recognition and gratitude for the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Sutjeska. This one was given to a soldier from 1st Dalmatian Brigade who was 19-20 years old during the battle. By the end of the war he was a commander of company.

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. 

15 hours ago, Kallarati Heroik said:

NEW ENTRY IN MY COLLECTION.

PERSONAL DOCUMENTS OF ARTILLERY OFFICER PALI PRIFTI.

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

Check out this website: https://sovietorders.com/our-services/researching-soviet-awards/

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.?