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Nice find. The inscription reads 'This helmet was worn by an '88 January class'. It is written in Serbian ekavian dialect. To my understanding, Yugoslav army admitted new cadets twice a year--in September and January, which is why the term 'januarac' was used. It is essentially a made up word, an army jargon loosely translated as 'Januarian'. The word 'guja' is a slang for snake. The inscription on the liner appears to be someone's name, maybe 'Beržaj Stjepan', which sounds like a Croatian name (last name first, as per local custom). Hope this helps.

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Thank you very much Nick! I appreciate you embedding my photos... I'll do it next time for sure. That 5th Class you posted looks identical to my 4th Class, except the latter is gilded (though it's staring to wear off). Regarding the enamel centerpiece, I wonder why they differ so much from item to item. Were they each painted by hand, or created using some mass producing method? Thanks, Zoran

Greetings! I would greatly appreciate if someone more experienced could please help me authenticate and/or identify the medal in the photos. This is supposed to be St. Sava 4th Class, possibly made by Huguenin. It confuses me that the Cyrillic letter 'P' in the fourth word looks like a square (☐ instead of Π). In addition, letters V and M in the first word look different than in most other variants. Does this raise a red flag about the authenticity? Anyone seen this before? Front: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4g4u2cont5lp5ng/DSC_1302.JPG?dl=0 Back: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbohlcipx8n3sxk/DSC_1305.JPG?dl=0 Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Zoran