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The ribbon is absolutely correct! Regards, Filip

Nice items Order! Here you are some scans of my uncle's soldier's book: This one is from when he retired from the army in 1993 (smart decision ): Regards, Filip

Nice! This medal is extremely common, but not many of them are this complet, with ribbon&box. Good one!

Milan, many thanks for your interesting informations! Regards, Filip

I don't know much about these medals, so I will only post them (pics are taken from a few eBay auctions). 1993 Medal (eBay item number: 200089231923) On the reverse, in cyrillic: For the honourable cross and the golden freedom - Republika Srpska 1993 1993 Medal "Hero Milan Tepic" (eBay item number 200089232082) On the reverse, in cyrillic: Glory, that is the dreadfull sun of the martyr - Republika Srpska 1993 That is the final verse of a poem by Jovan Ducic, Himna pobednika (Hymn of the winners), a Serbian poet of the late XIX, early XX century. 1993 Bravery Medal "Gavrilo Princip" (eBay item number: 200089232146) On the reverse, in cyrillic: For bravery - Republika Srpska 1993 Regards, Filip

They've got their own medals, but I don't know much about them. stefko1963 on eBay has got a few examples.

Because Republika Srpska is not a nation, but an "entity" of Bosnia and Herzegovina. You can find many informations here. Of course, reasons are always much deeper and far more difficult to understand than what they look like, and this is a very complex issue, but this is not the right place to discuss it. Filip

In Republika Srpska most of the things are based on a "whatever/however/whenever you like" theory... This would be the less important one. Regards, Filip

Hi Filip, it looks to me like a Soviet production, maybe ZOMZ (Zagorsky Optiko-Mekhanichesky Zavod)? But I could be wrong...

Very, very nice Explorer!

I received a very polite answer from the museum. They would be glad to help us, but in order to give us better details and informations they would need to know exactly your requests. Please, if you have particular requests, write them down, and I'll let them know what you're looking for. To be precise, this is what they say: [...]You talk about researches concearning the Yugoslav Army. You mean the Kingdom one, the Yugoslav People's Army up to the civil war, or both of them? What kind of informations are you looking for? Are you interested in weapons, uniforms, organisation, formations, and in general, what segments of the army are you interested in? Thanks, Filip

He's buried in the "Kuca cveca" (Flowers' House), with a big park very well preserved. There's also a museum inside the park, where all the presents that Tito received during his career by other countries are displayed. Many of them are real treasures... The Marshall liked to treat himself very well.

Well, a museum should never show political tendencies, either communist or nationalist. At least a serious and respectable one... The "Yu-civil-war" section is still there, completely visitable. Weapons from the 92-95 war, from Kosovo, and the original uniform of the American pilot captured during the bombings in 1999.

Last time I've been to the military museum (August 2006), the IIWW was still close. The IWW one was already re-opened, and there are some lovely Serbian Adrians from IWW and from the 20s on display. I remember the last time I saw the IIWW section was in 2004, and I must say it was time to reorganize things there inside... The M42 shells were left without any control or protection (no glass, no cameras, rare museum keepers walking down the corridors) on a few shelves, and you could touch them and take them in your hands... The only security system was a metal detector at the exit (like the airport ones), nut I'm 99% sure it wasn't active (if it was, it would have been a miracle of the technology of the '60s... ). At that time I was too young to have any impure thoughts, but after than I spent many nights dreaming of a new visit to the museum, with a bigger bag and a faster step... In 2005 half museum was already closed, last year some sections reopened, but still work in progress... The Yugoslavian section (1945-1990) was closed too, but it's quite understandable: it had more a propagandistic aim than historical, Tito everywhere, in good, old communist style.

Abou the Kalemegdan fortress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalemegdan Outside the Museum, there is a permanent exposition of several tanks from the IIWW: Filip

True, I'm sure that Christian's badge is IKOM production too.

I wrote them. Let's wait and see.

Srpsko Numizmaticko Drustvo

I never heard of a Serbian edition.

You may find this interesting: cufflinks and tiepin of the JRM (Jugoslovenska Ratna Mornarica), the Yugoslavian Military Navy. In original case. Producer (marked on the cufflinks): IKOM - ZAGREB. Filip

If anybody is interested in doing any research, or at least trying to, let me know. I could translate for you your requests. I accept paypal. (I'm joking!)

Dear Christian, the DVD version of the Neretva is rare, but not impossible to find. On eBay there are mostly two versions of the DVD circulating, the American and the Spanish one. I remember a few months ago there were several copies on ebay.com, at the moment, the only one I could find was this: Item number: 280098851387 It's the Spanish one, but it's in English too. Hope this helps.

Or you could contact directly the Military Museum of Belgrade, even if I never tried, so I can't garantuee that they can help you, or even answer you (knowing how things often work in Serbia, out of communism, but not of communist mentality): vojnimuzej@mod.gov.yu

Hmm, nice one Christian, but... I think I saw you somewhere! Oh, yes! It was in the "Battle of Neretva", when you're shooting at the germans near the river!

Very nice!!!