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Every participant of the 1885-1886 war received that commemorative medal. Ribbon looks like this:

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I found some pics on ebay, hope it's not forbiden to post them... Artillery 2nd Lieutenant

Artan as I said before communists were using the same or very similar hard epaulettes from 1946 'till 1955.

Andyg thank you very much for high resolution pics. I'm spechless, beautiful collection, especially those parade uniform shoulder boards!

Nice piece of history with a scary story behind it. Thanks for sharing it with us Valter!

1861 - Austrian model

Shoulder boards 1920-1939 - NCOs

Emaunel thanks for info! You mentioned Communist era, it's interesting that even Yugoslav Army (Jugoslovenska armija) after the WW2 (from 1946 'till 1955) used very similar hard epaulettes, looking up to Soviet model, just as Yugoslav Royal Army was looking up to Russian Empire. Shoulder boards 1920-1939 - Officers

SasaYU thank you for kind words. Kodza those are beautiful looking stars you got, especially III class with swords, haven't seen many of those.

Pozdrav Emanuele, hvala:) You're right, I am very proud of this order and my ancestors, before WW2 many of them were officers. In that book* we talked about, there are lists of how many Karageorge stars with swords were awarded. Karageorge star with swords I class total 17 Serbs 3 Karageorge star with swords II class total 18 Serbs 4 Karageorge star with swords III class total 198 Serbs 118 Karageorge star with swords IV class total 1317 Serbs 1146 Karageorge star with swords in gold total 1111 Serbs 1074 Karageorge star with swords in silver total 2285 Serbs 1449 Cheers *Vitezovi Karadjordjeve zvezde sa macevima (Knights of the Karageorge Star with Swords), Tomislav S. Vlahović

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Thanks Emanuel, no, it's the same one on this pics. But I bought it along with this one It seems to be unused, it isn't pierced and the golden part is not made of metal. It's also red (infantry) I think it's for the higher officers (major up). Can you tell something more about it? Is this item authentic, was it used by millitary and in what period?

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Emanuel thanks for pics, you have a beautiful collection! I have a Karageorge star with swords IV class, it's part of my family's heritage, but unfortunatly it's in pretty bad condition.

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Infantry lieutenant shoulder board

Really beautiful pieces! Is that pin in the box some kind of Karadjordje star receiver's pin? Haven't seen pins like that before...

I think, based on pics i've seen, that the ribbon for the military marksmanship medal is triangular with 3 stripes: blue, white and red.

Btw below the coat of arms is cyrilic inscription "Време и мое право" meaning: Time and my right (will not die). That was the motto of Obrenovic dynasty which came to life after 1842 when they were forced to leave throne and country.

Josef you're welcome. I think that this model is rare. I saw only one on internet auctions, and it was 3rd class sold for 270 euros! Some of later models are not so rare and are much cheaper. Like serbman and Sasa said it would be nice if you colud show us the whole bar.

I think this is the 2. model awarded between 1889 and 1903. Ribbon is appropriate. The Medal was originally instituted by the Reigning Prince Milan Obrenovich IV (later King Milan I). It's character was non-statal, as the Medal was in sole ingerence of the Monarch, and was administrated by the Office of the Marshal of the Court. The Medal consisted of four Classes (Gold Medal with Crown, Gold medal, Silver Medal with Crown and Silver Medal), and was worn suspended from the white ribbon with side stripes and the field between those side stripes filled with a ladder-style horizontal lines of blue (during the reign of the Obrenovich Dynasty) resp. red (during the Karageorgevich Dynasty reign) color. The Medal was conferred upon Royal Household staff for long and faithful service. The first model, used by King Petar I, had Royal House Coat-of-Arms in obverse. The Medal for the Royal Household staff during the reign of King Aleksandar I was changed in design at least twice. One model was used in period when Realm was officially named Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, another one when the Realm was renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia (after 1929). Following the Assassination of the King in Marseilles, in 1934, the design of the Medal was again changed, and the Royal Effigy substituted with the Royal House Coat-of-Arms. Later, at least two new models were issued, both with the effigy of the boy-King Petar II. Text from royalfamily.org, link: http://www.royalfami...ry/medals16.htm

Going through the same book I've found some info on this person: This is Vladislav P. Kostic [1883-1959] Lieutenant-General [Divizijski Djeneral]. Karadjordje star [iII class] was awarded to him by regent Aleksandar Karadjordjevic personaly. Picture from the book:

Sasa you're welcome.

And picture, exactly the same as yours... Sasa I guess you'll understand...