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St. Gregory Knight Grand Cross recipient, Serbian Orthodox priest Jovan Sundečić (Јован Сундечић).

Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great, Knight Commander, Military Division [Rothe] Bulgarian Order for Civil Merits, "Princely Issue", 3rd Class [Schwerdtner] Montenegrin Order of Danilo 3rd and 4th Class [V. Mayer's Söhne]

One name not found in the list and one more mix up with the year. New name FRANC OMAN (1920-1986), awarded in 1986. According to this ANTE JURJEVIĆ was also awarded in 1986, not 1976. Same issue as with Ivan Ribar - 10 years difference.

Not in Serbia but still interesting Museum of Perast, collection of decorations. Austrian Franz Joseph Order and commemorative medals, Takovo 2nd and 4th class, St. Sava and Order of St. Gregory the Great. Photos found here.

Don't mention it, I enjoy researching the Official Gazette Posts are editable for a certain amount of time, I'm not sure for how long but after that the edit button disappears.

As BalkanCollector already wrote fakes do exist, some of them are not very well made and can be spotted right away. When it comes to orders such as the one you presented above opinions are divided. There are far too many 2nd and 3rd class Partisan Stars on the market, just think about the number of awarded pieces. Basically there are two theories, some believe there's something wrong and that these pieces are probably fakes, others presume someone found a huge stash in some storage and started selling them. The biggest argument for the second theory is that red Soviet enamel, I wouldn't know myself but apparently it's very hard to copy it. Based on the photo I guess that 14056 is coming from Bulgaria... Most of these orders are being sold by the same sellers. This subject was also discussed in HERE.

Thank you for the tip! The photo was taken at the same location and even though some of the faces appear on both postcards, Serbia had different representative in 1913, unfortunately.

There was also a special British mission attending the maneuvers which consisted of: -Wilson, brigade general -MacDonogh, general staff colonel -Farquhar, general staff major

Ali Šukrija was awarded in 1985

I know, it was not my intention to criticize you in any way When it comes to Moša Pijade perhaps he was formally awarded in 1949 but actually received the order in 1951. According to Rudež the final solution for the order was adopted in December 1950 so no one could really receive the order except on paper. Ivan Ribar on the other hand is a puzzle, when you look at the photo it really looks like he received the order from Tito on the same occasion in 1951. Looks like we'll have to check the Official Gazette...

Stane Dolanc, 1979

Nikola Ljubičić, 1976

Veljko Vlahović, Mijalko Todorović, Vladimir Bakarić, Jovan Veselinov, 1961

Ivan Karaivanov, 1959

Franc Leskošek, 1957

Đuro Salaj, 1956

Edvard Kardelj, 1955

According to the list from this topic BalkanCollector was so kind to share with us but also some other sources Moša Pijade was awarded with the Hero of Socialist Labor in 1949 and Ivan Ribar in 1961. The following photos are from 1951(?)

Nicolae Ceaușescu, the only foreign recipient, being awarded in 1978. Museum of Yugoslav History photo archive

List of foreign officers who attended the maneuvers according to their rank: Denmark: Tuxen, divisional general Bolivia: Pastor Baldivieso, colonel Switzerland: Simonius, artillery colonel; Romer, infantry colonel Norway: Bull, infantry colonel Japan: Watanabe, artillery colonel, military attache England: Yarde-Buller, general staff colonel, military attache Netherlands: Piepers, cavalry colonel Austria-Hungary: Vidal, general staff colonel Peru: Manuel Bonilla lieutenant colonel Serbia: Milan Tucaković, general staff lieutenant colonel Italy: Zaccone, general staff lieutenant colonel, military attache Argentine: Avelino Mendez, infantry lieutenant colonel, military attache Greece: Charlambis, artillery lieutenant colonel (Charalambos?) Chile: Julio Brownell / Broronell (?), lieutenant colonel, military attache USA: Bentley-Mott, artillery lieutenant colonel, military attache Austra-Hungary: count Lamezan-Salins, general staff lieutenant colonel, military attache Spain: Rodriguez de Rivas, lieutenant colonel Belgium: Cumont, cavalry lieutenant colonel Germany: von Winterfeldt, general staff major, military attache Brasil: Fleury de Barros, cavalry major, military attache Ottoman Empire: Djemil Bey, major, military attache Romania: Soutzo, general staff major, military attache Switzerland: Baumain, infantry captain (Balmain?) Sweden: Amundson, engineer captain, military attache Bulgaria: Petrov, general staff captain, military attache Mexico: Federico Cervantes, engineer captain Portugal: Pereira dos Santos, general staff captain I apologize if I miswrote some of the surnames, a few of them were miswritten in the original source as well.

Greetings gentlemen, I stumbled upon information that one of my ancestors was Serbian representative on the Grand Maneuvers of the West in 1912 (Les grandes manoeuvres de l'Ouest). I managed to find a post card with foreign representatives on delcampe.net which proves that. Unfortunately it's not very large so I'd be very grateful if someone could share with me a better scan or some other image or post card with foreign delegations. My ancestor was awarded with the Legion of Honor (officer) in 1912, I presume this occurred during the maneuvers. Later, in 1917, he was awarded with the commander. "GRANDES MANŒUVRES DE L'OUEST en 1912 - Missions Militaires Etrangeres"

Similar design but when I compare the badge on the photo and the one from your post I can see I'm wrong, my apologies.

Looks like Mihailo, Metropolitan of Serbia and the first president of the Serbian Red Cross, was one of the recipients.

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I forgot to post this before, charter of the Serbian Red Cross Order awarded to the University of Kiev in 1877 (Type 1 - Principality era) and signed by Mihailo, Metropolitan of Serbia, first president of the Red Cross. Today kept at the National Library of Ukraine together with some other valuable pieces of Serbian history. Serbian manuscripts from the collections of the Institute of Manuscripts LINK