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One more picture of Italian Crown and Order of Osmanieh.

IKOM with lower number (10740) that got sold last year.
Soldering on the suspension ring can be seen on this example as well...

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Close-up.

Newest addition, Yugoslav 1st type IKOM with pretty low number 10848, 2nd lowest I've seen so far. I said before that I suspect they started from 10K.

Notice the soldering on the suspension ring (2nd photo).

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Apart from the fact that it was awarded to Vukašin Šećerović none. Šećerović was a diplomat so that could be the answer behind the question how did he receive that particular decoration.

But it is not that strange that Ottoman order was awarded to a Serb, I've seen a lot of them on photos, and not only on our diplomats but also worn by officers and the cultural elite.

I'll try to dig up some examples.

Order of Osmanieh awarded to Vukašin Šećerović.

It's a shame that this astonishing piece is not on a permanent display.

We are lucky that you brought camera with you 5 years ago

Yes, the blue ribbon with a steel/silver stripe on the middle is for the second type of the Order of the Crown of Romania.

Thanks again, my knowledge is pretty slim when it comes to Romanian decorations.

Hmm are you sure that is Huguenin, the Blue dot in the center of the Crown isn't the top one? Or maybe the angle is a bit off :S

I think it is the top one, also the case is Huguenin's. But that doesn't have to mean anything considering that there is also one Albanian Retreat Medal in the blue box for the Order of Saint Sava

One more problem with those dots is that Sorlini used both combinations, top one blue with the one below it red and the other way around.

Original size.

Order of the Crown of Italy 3rd class made by Cravanzola awarded to Vukašin Šećerović.

Order of the Yugoslav Crown 3rd class made by Huguenin awarded to Mirka Grujić (Мирка Грујић).

Thanks for clarification, silver stripe in the middle of the ribbon means it's for 2nd type of the order from 1932?

Don't mention it. Could you please tell us where is this piece exhibited?

Many thanks for that Carol!

By the looks of saint I would say that it was made by Arthus-Bertrand.

Order of the Star of Romania 3rd class.

Order of the Phoenix 3rd class (1935 type) made by Huguenin and awarded to Vukašin Šećerović (Вукашин Шећеровић) as the most of the others.

Couple of days ago exhibition "Hidden treasure from the Home of Jevrem Grujić" (Скривенo благo Дома Јеврема Грујића) ended.

Text in Serbian about it: http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/16/Kultura/1521576/Skriveno+blago+Doma+Jevrema+Gruji%C4%87a.html

Some photos I took the last day.

First decorations, unfortunately most of the names were incomplete (described as the order of that and that ruler) and some were completely wrong, for example Greek Order of the Phoenix was described as Order of Polonia Restituta.

Don't mention it, thanks for photos!

To be honest the order looks genuine to me, the only question I have was it originally with swords or not. I can't think of reason why would someone take them off but who knows.

Perhaps someone made a mistake during the process of production...

Also one Bertrand's example of the Order of the Star of Karađorđe with Swords 4th class with "ЗА ХРАБРОСТ" inscription on both sides is shown in the Car&Muhić book.

Back side.

Just for comparison.

What about this one is this GAS or Bertrand ,always confuse me , I believe is 4 class Bertrand ??? Need a help please !!!

I would say typical Bertrand

My first thought also was that someone enameled Soldier's star but it has no swords.

And the crown is not enameled which is not the case with the most of the orders without swords.

I forgot to mention that the abbreviation НФЈ on the front side stands for Народни фронт Југославије meaning People's Front of Yugoslavia.

Inscription ЗА ПОЖРТВОВАНИ РАД below it means for devoted labor.

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