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On 9/7/2012 at 12:34, jpnorth said:

This is a very interesting subject. Can anybody indicate which of the infantry regiments had royal patrons, ie which regiments would have a cypher on the shoulderboard rather than a regimental number? 

I know it's been almost 5 years since you asked the question but better late than never. 
According to the regulations from 1939 the following infantry regiments wore monograms:

-1st Infantry Regiment "Miloš the Great"
-2nd Infantry Regiment "Prince Mihailo"
-5th Infantry Regiment "King Milan"
-6th Infantry Regiment "King Aleksandar" 
-7th Infantry Regiment "King Petar I"
-8th Infantry Regiment "Prince Aleksandar"
-11th Infantry Regiment "Karađorđe"
-14th Infantry Regiment "King Petar II"
-16th Infantry Regiment "Emperor Nicholas II"
-25th Infantry Regiment "King Ferdinand of Romania" 
-38th Infantry Regiment "Njegoš"
-54th Infantry Regiment "King Carol II of Romania"

Mundir

Vojvoda Bojović's overcoat with braided shoulder boards

Unfortunately I don't think so. I've never tried to do something like that through the "official channels" but then again I've never heard that anyone succeeded. Also there were rumors that the archive of the Chancellery of Orders was destroyed.

Few more photos found on Wikipedia (author Boksi).
Cavalry Regiment IV from 1904
Flags from 1911

Perfect! Thank you very much! 

This revolver belongs to a friend of mine, it was a gift from a Yugoslav partisan who received it during the war from the British. It's in very nice shape and the holster is original. 
The owner was wondering is it possible to find an original barrel? Also what's the current market value of this revolver?

Thank you as well for that catalog! 
Perhaps some of those Saint Sava orders we discussed earlier on the forum were made by the same producer...

Here's one with swords, central medallions are switched just as in illustration. The only difference are the swords, on illustration they are on the back and here on the front side. 
I'm convinced these two were made by the same producer - Delande!

We can see Karađorđe Star with Swords in the catalog, it's enameled (!) soldiers' order (clearly visible inscription ЗА ХРАБРОСТ - For Bravery). That reminded me of couple of decorations we discussed earler. Photos of this examples were found on emedals, "unmarked, of unusual manufacture (probably French)."
Back side is being represented as front in the catalog and it looks like they switched the central medallions...
Order from emedals is "for bravery" but doesn't have swords, looks like there was a huge mix up in the workshop that made these...

Perhaps Delande made White Eagle without swords as well...

Braided shoulder boards with Petar II monogram.

White Eagle with Swords! Unfortunately I don't remember where are these images from, most probably ebay.

Albanian Retreat Medal, this particular example is published in Car/Muhić book with the following description "Minted with the same mold as C Marey's but without signature and partially silvered." Photos published by the author on a certain Slovenian forum.
Comparison - the resemblance is more than obvious.

Thank you very much, those catalogs might help us find the missing piece of the puzzle! 

Let's start for the beginning, WW1 Commemorative Medal, Rob showed us one example from his collection with the following description: "It has been tentatively attributed to the French manufacturer, located in Paris, M. Delande although this has yet to be confirmed." Here's a comparison.

Photo found here.

Much better photo (I'm not sure where's it from) with visible monogram.

Speaking of which, here are vojvoda Bojović's epaulettes from a latter period.
Notice the barely visible metal application underneath the eagle, that's monogram of Aleksandar I worn by his adjutants.

Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović's šajkača cap and vojvoda Mišić's braided shoulder boards,
Belgrade Military Museum

Source

Vojvoda Živojin Mišić's braided shoulder boards (I'm not sure if that is the proper English term), Kingdom of Serbia era,
Belgrade Military Museum

Few items, I believe kept in the Belgrade Military Museum.
Blouse, overcoat and French Bleu horizon.

Amazing! Many thanks for sharing your findings with us!
Are there other Serbian decorations in that catalog?

Great job, my sincere compliments! 

Don't mention it, glad to help when I can.
Best regards

My apologies, I completely forgot to post that photo of general Franasović. It's unusual to see he wore such a "short" medal bar, he must have had more decorations. Anyway photo was made in 1896, I think his military carrier ended the following year when he was retired for the second time. It's interesting to mention that he was the Chancellor of the Royal Orders from 1903 until 1905.

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but once I saw Red Cross on the bar I thought that's it, you are probably right about that one. We can often see officers wearing Red Cross Order in front of all medals, and not only officers, even Milan and Aleksandar Obrenović sometimes did the same.

Anyway, really amazing medal bar, something we don't see very often. Too bad that there are not that many photos of officers from that era available online, otherwise we might be able to determine to whom it belonged.