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Matching patch.

Could this by any chance be US WW1 era blanket? I already posted it HERE. It's pretty heavy and rough and it has no labels nor inscriptions. All comments are welcome.

It's interesting to see that a Soviet citizen received Soviet made Yugoslav orders. That Romanian Star has a pretty strange crown, I don't remember seeing orders like that before.

Excellent comparison, thanks for great photos!

I saw it couple of weeks ago on a Serbian auction site, the price was about the same but no one bid. I think the lowest number I've seen so far is 55, it can be seen in the book "Orders and Medals of Communist Yugoslavia".

And thank you for the link. I'll upload photos, that way we'll still have them once the ad gets deleted.

Stripe close-up

I've seen orders like that before, there's a couple of them in Sammler's base, but I really don't know what's the deal there. Considering that that's a needle variant I think it's safe to conclude it can't be some kind of prototype, unadopted solution or something like that. Factory mistake? Here's one more, it seems like only the central part is gilded. It got sold some time ago, I still regret not buying it.

Thanks to your comparison I think it's safe to conclude it's the same person.

I second that motion! Unfortunately I don't collect plaques, I have just a few of them in my collection, and I don't know much about them.

Yes, it's unfortunate that we don't have better photos... Good eye, I missed that detail!

Plaque and somewhat similar document from sammler's base. It was issued to a general by commander-in-chief, so perhaps NCOs got the first one, and this one was for generals (and officers?).

"Vintage US Military Wool Camp Blanket - WW1" Photo found here.

I'm not sure, too bad the image is not a little bit better, but I doubt it can be royal era badge. Before the introduction of those well know badges there were cloth type and I think one more. Here's a photo of a 1st lieutenant who seems to wear both of them, unfortunately I can't remember where did I find it. If not that then perhaps something foreign.

Apologies for not being more clear, I meant perhaps documents such as the one I posted were given together with YPA (JNA) plaques. If I remember well there were several different plaques, small, medium and large. This really isn't my field so don't take my words for granted. Here's one example from ebay with a crazy price. LINK

According to family history ancestor brought this blanket home after the war ended. My grandmother was using it for ironing for decades hence the brownish burn marks. Can anyone confirm that it really is a Great War military issue blanket? I've being doing some online research and looks like the Americans used something very similar, perhaps part of foreign help?

Thanks, I wasn't really sure. Some of the shoulder board signs were exactly the same as the royal ones. Anti-aircraft artillery sign is not the same but it's pretty similar, here's how it looked like before: Anti-aircraft artillery 2nd lieutenant's M1939 shoulder boards posted on GMIC by Valter.

Thanks for clarification, perhaps that document accompanied the YPA plaques... Anyway it was signed by Nikola Ljubičić but I think it's a facsimile signature.

It's mostly about open competitions but here's an article about German visit. German officers visit the French Cavalry school in Saumur Paris, July 18th (1934.) Another delegation of German officers led by the commander of the German Cavalry school in Hanover, general Dalwigk, visited French Cavalry School in Saumur on Monday and Tuesday. German flag was erected during the visit. French officers organized luncheon for German officers who afterwards laid a wreath at the monument of the fallen French cavalrymen. More information about general Dalwigk (1876-1947) can be read HERE. He was the school commander from October 1931 until March 1937. Very interesting topic with his medal bar and photos, here on GMIC, LINK.

I'm not sure but I think that document looked like this:

2nd Lieutenant Nedeljko Lošić (Недељко Лошић) in M1943 uniform probably wearing Bravery Medal.

Looks like 1909 to me as well. Based on the uniform of the Serbian officer and Petar I Coronation Medal, the photo had to be taken between 1904 and 1911. You are right, same country different name, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 1929, Kingdom of Yugoslavia later. I dug up a few more information from the interwar era, I know this topic is dedicated to pre-WW1 period but if someone's interested I can post it.

Great scan! Thank you very much for posting it! I've been going through the Official Military Gazette and came across some information regarding this matter. Kingdom of SCS/Yugoslavia continued sending officers to French military schools during the twenties and the thirties. Open competition from 1921: -Two artillery officers will be sent to the School of applied artillery in Fontainebleau -Two cavalry officers will be sent to the School of applied cavalry in Saumur -Two artillery officers will be sent to the School for anti-aircraft defense -Two officers will be sent to the Center for assault cars training in Versailles One of the conditions - rank of captain or major.

I posted this one a few days ago in a different topic, not really orders or medals but still somewhat interesting. Anti-aircraft artillery (? - wings and crossed cannons) NCO in M1946 uniform with three udarnik (shock worker) badges.

Excellent! Thanks for uploading that post card, here's why I'm pretty sure Serbian representative is Mihailo Živaković.