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For the end Balkan Wars commemorative medals.

I Balkan War Commemorative medal

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Huguenin inscription.

Serbian revolver M1891 Nagant system, 7,5mm

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Flintlock pistol that belonged to Djavid Pasha, one of the Turkish commanders in the Battle of Monastir (Bitola). He surrendered himself to Serbian General Ilija Gojković.

Serbian machine gun M1909 Maxim system, 7mm with an inscription: "People of the Niš district to their heroic II Infantry Regiment - Princ Mihailo"

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Serbian infantry saber M1861/70 that belonged to the first Serbian Field Marshal (Vojvoda) Radomir Putnik.

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Copy of Turkish infantry rifle Martini-Henry M1871 made in Prizren and used by Turkish irregular troops

Dagger (Kama) that belonged to Major Vojislav Tankosić, Chetnik leader, a member of the Black Hand organisation and a participant in May Overthrow. Also a member of the Young Bosnia which organized assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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His initials along with the symbol of the Chetnik organisation - Human skull with two crossed bones, and a picture of him.

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Turkish officer's saber

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Turkish intelligence service report on preparations of the Serbian army along the boarder

Serbian infantry rifle M1880/07 Đurić - Mauser - Milovanović system, 7mm

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Serbian infantry rifle M1899/07 Mauser system, 7mm (on the left)

Russian infantry rifle M1891 Mosin system, 7,62mm used by the Montenegrin Army

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Knife, a gift given to Montenegrin Brigadier Janko Vukotić by Essad Pasha Toptani, commander of the defense of Scutari.

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Reconstructions, from left to right:

1. Cavalry private, I call in new uniform

2. Artillery private, II call in old uniform

3. Infantry private, III call in his own clothes

Infantry private

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White flag used as a sign of a Turkish surrender after the Siege of Adrianople (Edirne). There is an inscription on it saying that it was used by the Turks during the surrender and that it was taken down by order of the second lieutenant Dragiša M. Stojadinović, XIII regiment.

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Shashka that belonged to the commander of the fortress Mehmed Shukri Pasha

Lantern that belonged to the same person

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Serbian infantry rifle M1880/07 Đurić - Mauser - Milovanović system, 7mm

Turkish infantry rifle M1903 Mauser system, 7,65mm (on the bottom)

Serbian cavalry officer's saber M1895

Pocket watch of a fallen Serbian soldier found on the grounds where the Battle of Kumanovo took place

Serbian revolver M1891, Nagant system, 7,5mm

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On the 25th of October last year an exhibition "100 years since the Battle of Kumanovo" was opened at the Military Museum in Belgrade.

Article about the exhibition from the Museum's website: http://www.muzej.mod.gov.rs/en/news/24-10-2012/kumanovo-battle-exhibition-opened#.UQwzjWeQOFl

Article on Wikipedia about this decisive battle in the First Balkan War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kumanovo

Here are couple of pictures from the exhibition.

Serbian infantry officer's saber M1861/70

Bulgarian infantry officer's saber M1889

Serbian II Balkan War commemorative medal

By the way, this might be interesting to you in case you haven't seen it before, one more "empty" medal bar. This one was sold on one Serbian auction site

for around 150 euros.

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Now with decorations, it was recently on sale. On 6th place wrong medal.

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Golden bravery medal (but 1877-78, not that rare as the 1885-86 medal), Barac & Pervan, December 2012, 350 euros.

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Medal for diligent service in war (1885-86), again ebay, 700$.

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Similar medal bar was shown to us by bovec1313 (topic: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/42307-serbia-what-is-this-war-medal/)

Commemorative medal for the restoration of the Kingdom, recently sold on ebay for 3700$!

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This one was sold I think in 2005 in Serbia for 1800 euros.

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Same seller - new bar. Sold for 50$. On the first place is, according to the seller, Golden 1885-86 bravery medal, but it could also be for the Medal for diligent service in war. On the second place is Commemorative medal for the restoration of the Kingdom (4 red and 3 white stripes) and on the last place is Medal for merit towards the Royal House (Obrenovic era type). On the back side are ribbons for Hindenburg Cross if I'm not mistaken (maybe some other decorations had the same ribbon?). If authentic very interesting medal bar for scarce decorations.

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Just a small contribution to the topic.

Paja, is there a link to that magazine on the internet?

PM sent

oooohhh... am dead keen to see the doc

Chris the awarding document consists of two parts, the document itself and the red hardcover in which it is placed. The document can easily be removed, the only thing that keeps these two together is a string in middle which can be seen on the picture in the post #7.

Here's one more picture with the document removed from the hardcover.