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Thanks, Igor 

Yugoslav Crown 1st Class
Hero of Socialist Labor 

Georgiy Kholostyakov, Partisan Star 1st Class.

Photos from the exhibition "Treasury of Military Museum".

As you can see the exhibition was supposed to be open until 26th September. When I went the last day to see the exhibition and make some photos the doors were locked. I went inside the museum to see if someone can let me in and that's when I was told: "We decided to close the exhibition earlier, we already started packing everything." Really unbelievable!

Photo album from 1872, a gift to prince Milan from his officers.

Pavel Derzhavin, a triple Partisan Star recipient! 

Excellent photos, there can't be many double first class recipients.
Both stars are Soviet type.

Excellent, thanks for sharing! Details are much better, any idea about the last order on his left side? Its central medallion reminds me of the Russian White Eagle.

Thank you, Peter. 
The color of the blanket is actually light beige. I'm not sure if it's really US, considering that the Serbian troops received uniforms and equipment from the Allies after the retreat through Albania that's one possibility. I was looking for French and British WW1 era blankets and what I saw online looked even more different. I know how it goes with the "family stories", I'm not absolutely sure if it's true, but one thing's certain, this blanket has been in the family for five generations. Perhaps it isn't military issue at all...

Seems like Serbia didn't have military attaches in France so generally speaking its representatives must have been even more keen to attend the maneuvers. First of all that was a nice opportunity to visit France and there's also the financial aspect. I stumbled upon information about their travel allowances in the Official Military Gazette but I was foolish enough not to save it. Also let's not forget that officers who attended the maneuvers received the Legion of Honor. I don't know if that was a general rule but my ancestor was awarded with the 4th class (officer) during the 1912 maneuvers.

Frocks of Penance

The Double Head Crusher

The Throne 

The Iron Shoe

The Violin of Disgrace

The Interrogation Seat

Looks like the Medal of the Czechoslovak Military Order for Liberty.
Here's a photo from Wikipedia for comparison.

The Wheel

Unfortunately that was the largest image I could find.

The Breaking Wheel

Putting on Scales

Brezhnev's decorations exhibited during funeral, among them Order of Freedom and Grand Yugoslav Star.

The Gridiron

Brezhnev wearing Grand Yugoslav Star and maybe Order of Freedom.

Malay boot

Torturing with Water