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Miniature M1880 Mauser rifle cal. 7 mm of King Alexander Obrenović.

Miniature M1880 Mauser rifle cal. 7 mm of King Alexander Obrenović.

Miniature M1880 Mauser rifle cal. 7 mm of King Alexander Obrenović. M41 Mauser rifle, so-called 'partisan rifle' cal. 7.9 mm, Yugoslavia, NLA. Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I rifle cal. 7.7 mm (.303 British), Great Britain.

M1907/15 Lebel-Berthier rifle cal. 8 mm, France, Kingdom of Serbia/SCS. M1936 MAS rifle cal. 7.5 mm, France. M1898 Mauser rifle cal. 7.9 mm, Germany, FPRY.

M1877 Wrendl-Holub carbine cal. 11 mm, Austro-Hungary. M95 Mannlicher carbine cal. 8 mm, Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria. M1844 Mauser carbine cal. 10.15 mm, Kingdom of Serbia.

M1891 Mannlicher-Carcano carbine for special troops cal. 6.5x52 mm, Italy, FPRY. M1891/93 Mannlicher-Carcano carbine cal. 6.5x52 mm, Italy, FPRY. M1907/15 Lebel-Berthier carbine cal. 8 mm, France, Kingdom of Serbia/SCS.

M1924 Mauser carbine cal. 7.9 mm, Kingdom of SCS/Yugoslavia. K98k Mauser carbine cal 7.92 mm, Germany. M1933/40 Mauser carbine for mountain troops cal. 7.9 mm, Germany.

M1895 Mannlicher rifle cal. 8 mm, Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria.

M1854/67 Wänzl Jägerstutzen rifle cal. 13.9 mm, Austria, Austro-Hungary, Pricipality of Montenegro. M1866 Wänzl conversion rifle cal. 13.9 mm, Austria, Montenegro. M1895 Mannlicher rifle cal. 8 mm, Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria.

Here's also a picture of those beret badges for officers of the Army of Yugolsavia. From left to right: Navy, Land Forces, Air Force.

You are welcome Paul. I just wanted to mention that sometimes there were also insiginas of branch or profession on these breast ranks. Here's a picture of couple of mine breast ranks.

Paul you are welcome. I'm not sure which year where they exactly introduced, but they where used in Yugoslav National Army (before 1991), and later in Army of Yugoslavia and in Army of Serbia and Montenegro (Now Army of Serbia does not use them in that form anymore). I'm not sure if the translations of ranks in that table are correct because I saw that some people are traslating vodnik prve klase as Sergeant 1st Class and stariji vodnik as Sergeant Major. I think that this translation is better. About the beret badges, if I'm not mistaking you had in mind those Army of Yugoslavia badges, right? I think that the reason why NCO badges are rarer is because, according to some information that I have found, they were in use only from 1994 until 1997. But I'm really not sure about that and I also think that later NCOs and officers were using the same beret badge. I hope that this will be of some use to you.

Here's a picture of Order of Tesla 1. class awarded to Military Medical Academy (VMA).

Yes, exhibition was really great, I'm glad you like it as well. I was very impressed with factory made edged weapons but there where lot of other rare and unique items for visitors to see. Lot of items that belonged to the leaders of the Serbian Uprisings against the Turks. Lot of firearms too, I will later post some pictures of couple of rifles from the exhibition. Lightfoot too bad you couldn't see exhibition in person, I will let you know if people from the Historical Museum organize something like this in the future.

Greetings Paul, Red rankings are for soldiers and the gold ones are for NCOs, officers and generals. Left one on your picture is for Sergeants (vodnik prve klase) and the right one is for Senior Sergeants (stariji vodnik). I used the translation from the table below.

Megan you are welcome. Here's a picture of one more grand decoration - Medal of Obilić from the site of Belgrade's Military Museum. http://www.muzej.mod...n/#.T5kueLMthK0 This decoration was awarded for acts of personal heroism in defense of nation and state above and beyond the call of duty.

Humanity or philantropy it's not that different. Humanity means čovečnost and philantropy čovekoljublje so it's almost the same. You are more than welcome to use my images on your site. If you need some help considering decorations of FRY I'm willing to help you as much as I can. Best regards, Radmilo