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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY -Order of St. Stephen FRANCE -Legion of Honor RUSSIA -Order of St. Andrew (star below Legion of Honor) -Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (around his neck?) -Order of St. Stanislaus (bellow Lazar) SERBIA -Order of St. Prince Lazar -Order of the White Eagle

The rest of the images.

Order of St. Price Lazar, Order of the White Eagle and I presume Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem). I think the 2nd and 3rd image are from 1889.

Few more photos of the Kosta Protić's amazing saber, National Museum Čačak

Here's one more photo with very similar medal bar. Few differences - first of all he's not wearing Order of Miloš the Great. Seems to me, based on the shape, that the first medal could be Medal Commemorating 40 Years since St. Andrew's Day Assembly. One more difference - he's wearing a medal after 1885-86 War Cross. If that is April 1st of 1893 Medal then it is worn according to the order of precedence which at that time was as follows: -Golden Bravery Medal -Silver Bravery Medal -Medal for Devotion -40 Years since St. Andrew's Day Assembly -Medal for Military Virtues -Golden Medal for Zealous Serice -Silver Medal for Zealous Service -1876-78 War Commemorative Medal -60 Years of King's Guard -1885-86 War Cross -Restoration of the Kingdom Medal -April 1st of 1893 -Red Cross Order Based on that I'd say his medal bar consists of: 1) Order of the White Eagle 2) Order of the Cross of Takovo 3) Order of St. Sava 4) 40 Years since St. Andrew's Day Assembly 5) 60 Years of King's Guard 6) 1885-86 War Cross 7) April 1st of 1893 8) Red Cross Order

Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović's cigarette holder, National Museum Čačak

About a year ago I started a separate topic about king Milan's decorations here. In the meantime I've acquired the book "Glory and honor, decorations among Serbs - Serbs among Decorations" (original title "Слава и част, одликовања међу Србима - Срби међу одликовањима") by Mr. Dragomir Acović in which the author gives us the complete lists of decorations of Montenegrin king Nikola I Petrović, king Milan and king Aleksandar Karađorđević among others. So far I wasn't able to find a list of decorations of king Aleksandar Obrenović so I'll do my best to make one myself based on available information and various portraits and photos found online. Making a list of his domestic decorations is not so hard job but there are couple of medals I'm not sure about. SERBIA -Order of St. Price Lazar -Order of Miloš the Great 1st Class -Order of the White Eagle 1st Class -Order of the Cross of Takovo 1st Class -Order of St. Sava 1st Class -Order of the Red Cross Now the harder part - medals. On Vlaho Bukovac's portrait from 1900 we can see that Aleksandar is wearing 3 medals on his medal bar - between St. Sava and the Commemorative Cross of the War of 1885-86. It appears that the first medal's ribbon is red and blue while the remaining two have red, blue and white combinations. Based on that my guess is that they are: Medal for Zealous Service in War of 1885-86, Medal Commemorating April 1st 1893 and Commemorative Medal of the 60 Years of King's Guard.

If you find photos of orders with higher numbers could you please share them with us? Orders were made in higher quantities and then kept "on stock". During the war certain amounts of decorations were being sent on different sides and they were being awarded on various levels, the procedure wasn't "centralized". That's one of the reasons why the orders weren't being awarded in numerical order.

I've had a chance to see it in person and make couple of photos, they can be seen here.

As an illustration of what I wrote above I'll use information from the exhibition catalog found on Historical Archive of Belgrade website. Konstantin Popović was awarded with the Order of People's Liberation in 1945, he received order with number 297. Dragoslav Marković was awarded in 1953, number of his order is 239 and Leposava Perović awarded at the same time as him received order number 357...

7.62 mm Maxim M1910 machinegun, on a wheeled Sokolov’s mount Francotte M1871 Revolver, cal. 11 mm Flintlock pistol - skadarka Flintlock rifle - džeferdar of Mijat Mitrović

I've found that information on a certain forum, I don't know how reliable it is... I'm not an expert for Slovenian partisan commemorative medals nor do I have proper literature that deals with that field. Maybe some of the members from Slovenia can help us resolve this issue. When it comes to the People's Liberation Order situation is different, 262 is the number of awarded orders, not number of numbered ones. As we know orders were not being awarded according to their number so it's not so unusual to see, for example, decoration with larger number awarded before one with smaller number. Also even though there are bunch of People's Liberation Orders (Yugoslav type) on the market (including fakes) I've never seen examples with number as high as 1000. So far I haven't had a chance to see an order with number over 5XX.

Mihailo Valtrović's sketches for the Order of St. Prince Lazar Order of the Cross of Takovo Medal commemorating 50 years since the Second Serbian Uprising inside original box

Prince Mihailo Obrenović's general's uniform and cavalry colonel's uniform Diplomatic uniform

I stumbled upon one more here. Looks like nice, numbered example, winning bid:US $21.50

King Aleksandar Obrenović's M1861 cavalry saber

Janko Popović's saber, Historical Museum of Serbia

The Coronation of King Petar I of Serbia Realized by Arnold Muir Wilson, lawyer, journalist and honorary consul of the Kingdom of Serbia in Sheffield and Frank Storm Mottershaw, cinematographer of the "Sheffield Photo Company"

Anointment in Žiča monastery

Coronation ceremony

The Clasp

Karađorđević regalia - The Royal Mantle

Unfortunately it's nowhere near as famous as St. Stephen's crown. Even here most of the people don't know anything about this amazing piece of Serbian medieval history... Anastas Jovanović's lithograph "The Coronation of Stefan Dečanski" The fresco of king Stefan Dečanski, Visoki Dečani monastery Visoki Dečani monastery located in Metohija, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Don't mention it, some of the photos are from the royalfamily website. Obrenović dynasty didn't have coronation regalia as they were not actually crowned but only anointed. Fortunately some of the Serbian medieval regalia of the Nemanjić dynasty survived. Crown of saint king Stefan Dečanski, father of emperor Dušan the Mighty, is kept at Cetinje monastery, Serbian Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It was used during coronation of king Nikola I Petrović. I've read some article in which the author claims there are at least two more Serbian medieval crowns, one being kept in the Royal Treasury Museum in Vienna and the other one in Budapest. Crown of Stefan Dečanski from the 14th century (he was crowned in 1322).

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