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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia vs. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia #4 Order of the War Banner

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia vs. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia #3 Order of the Republic vs. the Order of Merits for FRY

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia vs. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia #2 Order for Military Merits vs. the Order for Merits in the Fields of Defense and Security

Like some of the ex-Soviet countries last - "democratic" Yugoslavia also used the "old designs". Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia vs. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia #1 Order of the Yugoslav People's Army vs. the Order of the Army of Yugoslavia

You're welcome Paul, "Yugoslav" heraldry was always very interesting to me.

Paul, Those coats of arms in the middle of the trefoil are also part of the official coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia today, from left to right: -This coat of arms is considered to be the oldest Croatian coat of arms, it was used by Hungarian rulers of Croatia. -Coat of arms of Dubrovnik, originally Hungarian as well, simplified version of the Arpad dynasty coat of arms. -Coat of arms of Dalmatia granted and confirmed by Holy Roman emperor Sigismund. -Coat of arms of Istria, originates from the March of Istria coat of arms. -Coat of arms of Slavonia, officially granted by king Ladislaus Jagiello When it comes to trefoil itself or Croatian Trefoil I think that it was first officially used during NDH as the symbol of the Croatian Home Guards, it could be seen on banners, shoulder boards and collars of officers and NCOs. Iron Trefoil was the highest decoration of NDH and the same design was used for Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir (shown above). Symbol was also used by NDH Air Force. Although there are some claims that it was used during Austro-Hungarian rule as far as I know it was never officially introduced. It was sometimes worn on uniforms of the Home Guard during ceremonies but then again this was not exclusively Croatian custom. This official symbol of NDH was introduced again by Croatian president Franjo Tuđman in 1995 as the Order of Croatian Trefoil (shown above).

Nazi puppet (Independent) State of Croatia vs. the Republic of Croatia today.

It would be great if we could have one topic with all of the photos or at least just the winners from the previous competitions. Google search, 2011 (unfortunately winners only): Category 1: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/36-category-1-winners-personal-militaria/ Category 2: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/37-category-2-winners-general-militaria/ Category 3: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/38-category-3-winners-personal-photographs/ Category 4: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/39-category-4-winners-personal-choice/ 2012 competition: Category 1: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/41-category-1-personal-militaria/ winners: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/46-category-1-personal-militaria/ Category 2: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/42-category-2-militaria/ winners: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/47-category-2-militaria/ Category 3: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/43-category-3-any-subject/ winners: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/gallery/category/48-category-3-any-subject/ If you check these links you will see that some of the 2013 winning images were used before, and not only that, there's even an image that won the prize couple of times.

Close-up.

Rogi thanks for great images! Just for comparison here's my Partizanska spomenica with BK hallmark. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_11_2013/post-7937-0-76876900-1384710185.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_11_2013/post-7937-0-63882200-1384710157.jpg

Thanks to the judges and all of the entrants! And congrats to all of the winners! Just one remark, I think that the competition would be even better if one new rule was introduced - Photos that already won prizes in the previous competitions can not be used again. I am not a big fan of restrictions and bans but to me personally it's not that interesting when exactly the same photos win the prizes over again. Of course this is just my opinion and I hope that I will not offend anyone.

Thanks Gunner, I did not know that even the boxes for the Soviet made decorations were "numbered".

Yugoslav numbered decorations usually have the number handwritten on the back side of the box. Unfortunately I think that Soviets didn't do the same or am I wrong? Is there a number on the back side of your box?

When it comes to Soviet order I think it originally came with that box, I've seen them in that type of boxes before. Actually I've seen them in only two different types of boxes which on the outside look more or less similar. And this is the first time I see that gilded one in a box.

Do you maybe have documents for these awards? It would be great to see when was that #480 awarded...

Your MD and early IKOM box from above look pretty similar. Apart from perhaps small difference in size the inscription is different - Latin on yours and Cyrillic on mine.

Great find with excellent number, seems to be very well preserved! Thanks for images.

Order of Saint Sava vs. Order of the Eagle of Este

I agree, Yugoslav decorations were really much cheaper in the past... But I think that 80$ was still a great price even then considering that this was one of the highest decorations of SFRY (8th in order of precedence).

80$, great find and even better price Considering that the star was found in Pakistan maybe it was awarded to some Pakistani official or diplomat...

Thanks Nick, here's the 2nd class ribbon:

Back side with IKOM and "Rooster" hallmarks.

Here's my 2nd class, unfortunately only breast star. Not awarded to Japanese But still nice

I've also heard that it has happened in the past that some individuals "painted" the 5th class in order to look like the 4th. But I don't get the point, first the price is more or less the same and also the 5th class should be even rarer that the 4th... I've heard same stories about miniatures, apparently when it comes to 3rd type miniatures 4th class is scarce.

4th class together with ribbon and box I believe that the producer is IKOM, their Yugoslav flags (4th and 5th class) were unnumbered. ZIN on the other hand was numbering them. When it comes to this decoration it is pretty unusual that the lower grades were awarded less than the higher. Thanks for great pictures!