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Is it me or does that guy on the right look like Stalin? 

TYPE 2, 2nd variant (tombak)

On 2nd type (both variants) top of the worker's head is "flat".

TYPE 2, 1st variant (silver)

Now here's the trick how to easily tell types apart. On earlier type top of the head of the worker with hammer is "round".

TYPE 1 

Here are both types including both variants of the second type.

Greetings GC, nice to see you on the forum again.
Very nice collection of cap badges! I just have one question, can you tell us something more about that cloth badge for generals? I don't remember seeing it before.

I think I know what's the story behind strange description.

I was just checking to see what was the price one more War Banner achieved on that famous HD Rauch auction couple of years ago.

When I finally found it, translated the text from German to English and noticed that the translation of the description on HDRauch is the same as the description on ebay.

Check it out: http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=304&category=4558&lot=240251

HDR

One of the highest military decorations in communist Yugoslavia. Order of the Yugoslav 
Flag with Silver Star was founded on January 1, 1952, awarded to senior officers who showed outstanding bravery, self-sacrifice and Commanding abilities. In practice, 
this order was awarded for high military commanders during the war, at least the 
commanded a division and have remained after the war in the Yugoslav Army. There are two models of this order, the first model is seen more as a prototype. The second model is made ​​of gold, silver, diamonds and rubies, and has no hallmark, who later models, IKOM 'hallmark. Awards to 31 December 1985:. 205 piece (D) Order ratne zastave . . 2 Model, 2.Type (without hallmarking), breast star, gold, worked hollow, silver, partly. Enamelled, "a jour" busy with numerous diamonds and rubies, to silver needle, in the original, slightly damaged, red presentation case with gold-colored label. Order: I- stones not verified. RRbestowal: II

EBAY

"Order ratne zastave",2. Model, 2.Type (without hallmarking), breast star, gold, worked hollow, silver, partly. Emailliert, "a jour"  with numerous diamonds and rubies on silver needle, in the original, red presentation case with document.

Stones not checked.

One of the highest military medal in communist Yugoslavia. Order of the Yugoslav
Flag with Silver Star was founded on 1 January 1952, awarded to senior officers who showed outstanding bravery, self-sacrifice and Commanding abilities. In practice
this Order for High military commander was given, at least during the war
a division commanded and have remained after the war in the Yugoslav army.

I hope you won the lottery since you wrote the last time 

The order looks OK to me, really I can't see anything wrong with it.

As for the price, last War Banner I saw on ebay (2013) was sold for about the same amount. Unfortunately I don't remember if the stones were genuine but I doubt it. Only the order was on sale, so no box and no document.

I think that it's not likely that the stones on the one from ebay are real.

There are definitely hallmarks on the back side. 

I think that everything's OK with the document and that it was just "photoshopped". If the seller left the year visible we could probably check who was the recipient.

About the silver needle, that also looks good to me, I saw same thing on many other examples. Actually on all orders I have images of needle looks the same.

800$

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Serbia-Serbian-Chetnik-Badge-Original-/321730897136?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae8a7e4f0&nma=true&si=xckCpyeNN5f34zpnRc%2BzfMQorJc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

PS now that we're discussing his private life I found information online that he was married to the daughter of Nikola Pašić.

Such a handsome fellow plus a diplomat and future prime minister, I reckon it's her loss 

Greeting Paul,

His name is not correctly written (for understandable reasons), it should be Božidar Purić (Божидар Пурић). Wiki page about him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Božidar_Purić 

He was prime minister of the government in exile formed in 1943 among other things.

First the facts:

-Photo should be from 1890

-Recipient is I believe judicial captain 1st class born in 1860

-First decoration is obviously Order of the Cross of Takovo 5th class

-Medal in question is on suspension ring and has a multi color ribbon 

Considering that this person was born in 1860 chances that it could be something from the Wars of 1876-78 are in my opinion slim, especially because the medal doesn't seem to be 1876-77-78 Commemorative War Medal.

It obviously isn't Medal for Military Virtues (1883).

Absence of 1885-86 Commemorative War Cross suggests it can't be 1885-86 Bravery Medal (apart from that golden is on completely red ribbon, and the silver is smaller than one on the photo) but could it be Medal for Zealous Service in War of 1885-86? Size is about right and its ribbon is red with 4 blue stripes... I don't know could an officer receive it without being awarded with the Commemorative War Cross, even the judicial one.

I am pretty sure it can't be Royal Household Medal.

So I am running out of ideas, does anyone know what that medal might be? All comments are more than welcome.

PS the badge on the first photo looks like Russian Nikolaevsky School of Engineers badge.

Not from museum but still interesting, Milan Gačić's medal bar (Милан Гачић).

Source: http://www.sremskenovine.co.rs/2014/10/sremska-mitrovica-uz-inicijativu-za-postavljanje-spomen-ploce-milanu-gacicu/

PTT Museum, Belgrade 

http://www.pttmuzej.rs/default-eng.asp

Order of the Cross of Takovo 5th class awarded to Pantelejmon "Panta" Mihajlović who introduced first telephones in Belgrade (Пантелејмон "Панта" Михајловић http://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Панта_Михајловић)

Source: http://www.srbinside.rs/?p=3561

Huguenin's Order of St. Sava 1st class

Аwarded to divisional general Miroslav Tomić (Мирослав Томић).

Source: http://www.virtuelnimuzejdunava.rs/srbija/informacije.329.html

Military Museum, Belgrade
Bertrand's Order of the Star of Karađorđe 3rd class

I think this order was awarded to colonel Jevrem Damjanović (Јеврем Дамјановић).

I don't want to step on your toes but isn't that the same order you showed us here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?/forums/topic/58993-serbia-order-of-st-sava-v-class-1883-huguenin-freres/

Did you perhaps dig up some new information on the producer?

​Unfortunately someone paid over 2K$ for this lot 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Three-different-Yugoslavia-Submarine-Badges-7-/391097646508?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b0f3c7dac&nma=true&si=wgvU7jeNf8mwPbC2wQWZ%2FMMTmT4%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Unusual Order of Labor 2nd class. Strange looking back side - screw, number and the Roman numeral is different than on regular ZNB screw types...

What's the story behind this one?

When you do so I hope you'll be kind enough to share some photos of the exhibition with us on GMIC.

Or a really large safe 

Don't mention it Paul.
Owner said that that's just a small portion of his collection, perhaps around 20% of nearly 1000 orders and 500 medals.