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    paja

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    1. Type 1.2.2, IKOM Zagreb
      Number, hallmarks (rooster & IKOM) and Roman numeral on the back side. Narrower screw nut with inscription "IKOM ZAGREB". Numbers range from 71K to 192K (?). Considering that there are 1.1.2 examples with numbers ranging between 78K to 82K (at least), I believe there's some overlapping. So far I've seen both 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 with 78K and 79K numbers...
      Incorrect inscription on the box, "Orden za zasluge za narod" instead of "Orden zasluge za narod" ("Order for Merits for the People" instead of "Order of Merits for the People").

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    2. Type 1.1.2,  ZNB Belgrade
      Number and Roman numeral on the back side. Narrower screw nut with inscription "Z.N.B. KOVNICA" (The Institute of National Bank - Mint). Based on what I've seen so far numbers range from 78K to 82K (?) but there are also examples with numbers between 194K and 200K.
      Numbers on IKOM 1.2.1 range from 20K to 77K so placing that variant in the classification before this one also makes sense. I decided to put it (1.1.2) together with 1.1.1 because they were both made in Belgrade with the screw nut practically being their only difference. 

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    3. Order of Merits for the People III was instituted on June 12, 1945 and its name was changed three times:
      -1945-1961 Order of Merit for the People 3rd Class (Орден заслуге за народ III реда)
      -1961-1973 Order of Merit for the People with Silver Star (Орден заслуге за народ са сребрном звездом)
      -1973-1992 Order of Merits for the People with Silver Star (Орден заслуга за народ са сребрном звездом)

      In the beginning it was being awarded "for merits in the struggle against enemies of the people and for strengthening and organizing people's government and the Yugoslav Army."
      -Law of 1955 added new criteria: "...and for merits in the fields of economic, cultural and social development of the country."
      -Law of 1973 replaced the words: "for strengthening and organizing people's government and the Yugoslav Army" with the following: "for merits in development of socialism and socialist self-management and for organizing and strengthening total people's defense, security and independence of the country." So this order was practically being awarded for merits in all fields.

      According to Stojan Rudež since July 1945 when it was awarded for the first time until December 31 1985 it was awarded 282.864 times making it by far the most awarded Yugoslav order. Next one is Order of Labor with Silver Wreath awarded 182.910 until 1986, so 100.000 times less. The number from Mr. Rudež's book can't be taken as total because Order of Merits for the People with Silver Star was also being awarded in huge quantities after 1985. 

      There are basically two types:
      -Type 1 (1945-1973) golden star and silver combatant 
      -Type 2 (1973-1992) silver star and golden combatant 

      I presume this change was made because of the previous name change (1961) when III became "with silver star". So order named "with silver star" which in reality had golden star existed over a decade. No matter how you put it the name is problematic:
      -Order of the Merits for the People with Golden Star (I) golden star and base, silver combatant and rays
      -Order of Merits for the People with Silver Rays (II) golden combatant and base, silver star and rays
      -Order of Merits for the People with Silver Star (III) Type 1 (1945): golden star, silver combatant, rays and base
      -Order of Merits for the People with Silver Star (III) Type 2 (1973): golden combatant, silver star, rays and base
      So from 1973 onward both II and III had silver stars while before that I and III had golden stars. Order of Merits for the People with Silver Rays received even more inadequate name because all three classes including both types of III have silver rays.

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    4. Thanks for that, Nick!

      RCC was based in Serbian town of Bela Crkva. Couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon Serbian documentary about Wrangel on Youtube, that's when I heard for the first time that more than 2500 Russians lived there in the interwar period. It is estimated that around 75.000 Russians found their new home in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

      There's a small museum called the Russian room in Bela Crkva today and a Russian church built in I think 1930. Some 650 Russians found their final resting place in that town, 19 generals among them. 

      Russian Room Museum LINK

    5. I just noticed this badge among finished auctions on ebey, is it original?
      Information about the Russian Cadet Corps (Русский кадетский корпус) can be found on Russian Wiki page LINK. It was located in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Kingdom of Yugoslavia and according to Wiki it was the first foreign and the last remaining Russian cadet corps.
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