Daffy Duck

I would kindly ask for help. On those those two pictures we can see Anto Gvozdenović, general in Russian, Montenegro and French army, and the last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Montenegro. I would like to know if any of you can help me to identify his decorations. He was grandfather of my father's wife. One of the stars is a Order of Danilo. The order around the neck is Order of St Vladimir. And that's all I can do with certainty. I can't even identify one of the uniforms.

Many thanks for clarification! By the way, he also received Order of the Phoenix (Commander grade) first (Republican) edition made by AB, Paris.

Well, the medal is legit, but I don't have any idea about the ribbon and the bars. They are not according to the rules. I can't recall bars on any of the decorations from the period of Kingdom of Serbia.

Great images indeed!

It’s not indeed. It shouldn’t be pricey.

It is well preserved SS III produced by Swiss manufacturer Huguenin freres le Locle. Basicaly, medallion is the same for the II and III class, minus the star. Manufacturing period is most probably somewhere between 1921/1938.

same here

and this one:

and here are the pictures...

I would like to present one of the rarest Serbian decoration - the gold Medal for Zealous service in the War of 1877-1878. It was intended for the merits in the war (even for those who haven’t participated in the actual war) and was awarded only 69 times. Contrary to that, silver one was awarded 376 times. The medal has the diameter of 34 mm. In the obverse there is the coat of arms of the (in that time) Principality of Serbia with the war trophies below and with the inscription: Milan M. Obrenovic IV Prince of Serbia, and on the reverse a stripe with the inscription: za revnosnu sulzbu u ratu 1877-1878 (for the Zealous Servise in the War 1877-1878). The medals were made of brass or bronze. I can’t say that it’s a Holy Grail of Serbian decorations, but it’s a closest I have ever seen. Now I possess all the medals from the Serbian-Turkish war 1876/1878, Gold medal for bravery included. The only thing which puzzles me are the small holes on the obverse of this medal, as there are seven of them, large enough to hold some very tiny stones. As I have mentioned, there were two classes of this medal. Apart from that, there was additional class, a diamond one which was awarded only to the Serbian Foreign Minister Jovan Ristic, as well as to the Serbian minister of War in that time, general Kosta Protic. I cannot say if those tiny holes are proof of that special class or they have been made for some other purpose, but they were placed intentionally to the medal, as they are all of the same size. The pictures will follow soon.

quite good original example

Well explained indeed!

Gendarmerie was incorporated into Army, as it’s a case even in nowadays in some countries. It should be dated in the period 1921-1941.

I bought couple of items (mostly yugoslav orders) and he made quite good impression. Once I have received the package I was expecting, and somehow the most expensive order was missing from the rest of the bulk. I have contacted Tasic right away, and in no time I received that with extra order, as a compensation for my stress. He explained that his assistant made a fault. Most of the items on the site are original, but I can name at least few of them ( Yugoslav medal for Tito’s trip to Burma, etc) which could be doubted. Prices on the site are fair, at least if we compare them to some other, like Emedals and LiverpoolMedals.

Here is another one which is obviously fake. At least seller stated that it is a replica. https://www.ebay.fr/itm/YUGOSLAVIA-SERBIA-ORDER-OF-PARTISAN-STAR-1-First-CLASS-MEDAL-ORDEN-/283318130272

Privatly made lux variant, but some "diamonds" could be missing.

Here are some pictures from my phone:

Yes, it’s from my humble collection. I will do my best to post the close up of the hallmarks.

Someone could easily remove cross on the top of the crown. The biggest problem for early dating is missing three stars at the bottom of reverse medallion (under the eagle). I would say that present appearance is more common for the reign of Napoleon III. This is the closest LH I have in mind: http://www.lacollectionphaleristique.com/presidence-chevalier-v6

I would like to present the most prestigious yugoslav order (the one divided in classes) - Order of the Yugoslav star. It was created in 1954, and initially it was for the highest foreign personalities. There were three classes of this order plus Medal of merit. The highest Yugoslav decoration should also belong here, but it was by the low placed in to completely separated order. We have here: the brest star of the Order of the Yugoslav star with sash (first model) the brest star of the Order of the Yugoslav star with golden wreath (second model with artificial rubies) the Order of Yugoslav star on cravat (first model with enameled star).

First Legion of Honor could be as well from the period of Napoleon III, but from the earliest time, when he was a president of the Republic (1851-1852)

I am laughing as I am just reading about him and Cromwell in Rutherford ,,Sarum” and the battle of Naseby. I will post some pictures of both gramatas. it looks maybe strange, but the Order of Saint Sava comes first in the Serbian Orthodox Church hierarchy. The difference in appearance is rather strange.

Many thanks. I know nothing about their decorations. I thought that’s a church award.

I can confirm for the second that it was issued during Napoleon III.

Those orders were issued to one Yugoslav (Serbian) colonel of AA branch. He was a high officer in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and was in charge of AA protection of Belgrade at the beginning of Second world war. Unfortunately, I haven’t got any of his pre war decorations, and I suppose that they don’t exist any more as I have bought all which was left after he deceased. The only pre communist item is that POW id plate. He was in Yugoslav People Army till mid 50s with a rank of colonel. What is interesting is that his Order of People’s army II class was awarded in 1952, in the same year that order was established. He was also awarded with the Order of Military merits I class as well as with Order of merits for the people II class. There are two additional plaques, both on the theme of AA defense. Unfortunately, I haven’t got any awarding documents, but some photos from his trip to the USA in 1952 where he was leading one official yugoslav delegation to Fort Bliss, TX.