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Order of Military Merit 3rd Class

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I don't know how much were awarded yet, but I just ordered a small reference book about Yugoslavian medals & orders. I let you know when I'll received it. The book is called : YUGOSLAVIA - Army Insignia and Decorations 1918-1990 It is suppose to be a basic reference book with only black & white pictures. Although, I guess this is the only english book on Yugoslavian awards.

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Hello Laurence, nice order of Bravery you have. I have just received today my medals of Bravery. You can see the diffence now.

This one is the common Yugoslavian made Medal of Bravery. Look the details are really different. The soldier and his riffle for example. Hope this helps.

Mmmh, I now think that you have the Yougoslavian version. I will have to say the opposite of Christophe. This one is easy to find. I bought the 2 versions this weekend. So I don't have them in my possession right now. Here are the pictures. You will see the differences. This one was made by the Soviet. It is suppose to be a WWII issued medal.

This is the Soviet made. Right?

Thanks guys. Well actually the guys doesn't give us the opportunity to return them. It's a final sale. That's what scares me about the group.

Do you see something alarming in this group? I have never encountered 2 duplicated in a group. Thanks for your feedback.

Hmmm, I'm looking for a second class for a year or so and I haven't found any yet. Maybe, because my connections are limited. By the way, very nice Dave! As usual.

Here is the back of my Partisan Star 3rd class.

Maybe the guy was just to crazy and was not afraid of anything. The citation look like a rambo movie. That's pretty amazing. To bad to what happened to the group. The history will be lost.

Hello Wild Card, Hope you got the one made by the Monetnyi Dvor in Moscow which is much nicer than the one made in Zagreb. The last one was made in yugoslavia after Tito broke with the Soviets. You can see the difference between both enamels. Left = Monetnyi Dvor Right = Zagreb mint

Here is the 2nd Class. This one is also not so easy to find and is sold around 150 to 175 EUR. I'm still looking for one of those.

Here is the first class which I don't know the value and is extremely difficult to find.

Thanks guys for your answer. I guess I will not do the research on this small group. I will wait to get something better in my collection to research it.

Order of Labor - 3rd Class :

Order of Brotherhood, 2nd class (6 torches) :

Order of Brotherhood, 2nd class (5 torches) :

Order of Merit for People 3rd Class :

Here is my small contribution. I'm still beginning my Yugoslavian orders collection. My Partisan star 3rd class :

Well, I have just read that thread : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2459 and I guess I will never know without researching.

Hello Gentlemans. I have just joined this wonderfull site where there is a lot of possible discussion going on & I'm happy to see that you have a Soviet & Eastern Block Militaria & Awards forum. I would like to start the discussion with a small Soviet group that I recently bought. I would like to know if there is a way to know if this is a "made-up" group or a part of an original group. I do not have any document with the medals. Thank you very much for any help ! Soviet