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Good luck with your search, hopefully you'll find a nice piece for a fair price. So far I collected six type&variants, I just have to find a two or three more and then I'll start a separate topic.
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Apart from Montenegrin Danilo I think I saw similar "cloth variants" of the Serbian White Eagle and even some Republika Srpska decorations. Someone posted photos of the Karađorđe Star as well, I can't remember where.
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In Serbia you either write, for example, "1." or "I", it's not correct to put the dot after Roman numeral. But the rules change over time, we can see those dots even on some royal era decorations' boxes, like BalkanCollector wrote, perhaps that was correct back then.
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One more very interesting Obrenović era medal bar with Montenegrin decorations.
1) Miloš IV
2) Takovo with Swords IV
3) Legion of Honor V (France)
4) Franz Joseph V (Austria-Hungary)
5) St. Alexander V (Bulgaria)
6) Golden Bravery Medal
7) Silver Bravery Medal (Montenegro)
8) St. Andrew's Assembly Medal
9) Military Virtues Medal
10) Medal for Zealous Service in War
11) Royal Guards Commemorative Medal
12) Commemorative Medal of the 1876-78 Wars
13) Commemorative Medal of the 1875-78 War (Montenegro)
14) Commemorative Medal of the 1885 War0 -
Congrats on your newest addition to the collection.
Generally speaking there are 3 types:
Type 1 in the form of medal
Type 2 five torches
Type 3 six torches0 -
Most interesting, thanks for sharing!
I wasn't sure about the uniform because of the collar. It seemed to me like it could be generals' but that would be a strange combination with mundir with two rows of buttons and decorations from the 1880s.0 -
1 hour ago, Veljko said:
One more thing Paja, just now came to my mind. If its silver bravery medal than the ribbon has to be in the serbian flag colours, red, blue, white. The ribon of the medal no.7 doesnt looks like that. It looks me lighter , and since this is black and white photo most probably is light blue whith one thin stripe ie could be thin red stripe. If this is the case than it is St Andrew's assembly. what do you think about ribbon?
I was in the middle of writing my previous reply when you posted this. I'm not sure about the ribbon, Silver Bravery Medal was just a guess.
29 minutes ago, Veljko said:Pls look at this photo, very interesting and similar bar from the same period. Pls take closer look on postions 2,3,4. It looks me like on postion 2 is takovo cross V, and than most interesting thing is coming, two medals which are the same, I would say on positions 3 and 4 are two golden bravery medals 1877!!! I never saw smthg like this. Very similar bar also with serbian and montenegrin medals.
Amazing medal bar! Many thanks for posting it!
Do you know who's on the photo and when it was made? The uniform is a bit of a puzzle to me, it that a general?
I'm not sure based on the photo, but it would be very interesting if those are truly two Golden Bravery Medals, I never saw a double recipient before! Any idea about decorations 5, 6 & 7? Perhaps #6 Serbian Silver Bravery Medal and #7 Montenegrin Silver Bravery Medal.0 -
It's hard to say based on these photos, but I think the medal in question is most probably the same one he wore on the 3rd place of his shorter bar. And the first photo of him posted in this topic was definitely made in 1896.
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Thank you, next time I go to the Military Museum I'll make photos of the exterior collections.
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On 3/7/2018 at 12:39, Veljko said:
Hi Paja,
thx a lot for great photo of General Franasovic, i agree with you, this photo is from the period after 1897, on position 7 i think that he is wearing commemorative medal of 40 yrs of St. Andrews assembly.But if its medal od 40 yrs of St Andrews assembly, i think that he would wear also Order of Milos the Great. I think that he was awarded with Order of Milos the Great 2nd class, but i dont know when he was awarded.
Great finding,
best,
Veljko
You're welcome. If the photo was made between 1895 and 1897 when he was back in the military then it should be St. Andrew's Assembly Medal because it was instituted later. He was awarded with the Miloš on 11. April 1899.
The medal in question seems to be round rather than octagonal and its diameter is obviously smaller than the Commemorative Medal of the 1876-78 Wars. Perhaps Silver Bravery Medal?
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Tito's items and ribbon bar including Soviet Order of Victory and Order of Suvorov 1st class
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On 12/17/2017 at 08:18, Veljko said:
Hi Paja i am chasing to find General Franasovic longer bar than this one on a picture. But i can't, in the meantime did you find some new photo of Gen Franasovic with longer bar?
cheers
Finally, a photo with the longer medal bar!
He was back in the military between 1895 and 1897 and based on his uniform I'd say the photo was made post-1896.
Medal bar consists of the following decorations.
1. Possibly White Eagle V covered with the sash
2. Takovo V with Swords
3. Order of Leopold III (Austria)
4. Legion of Honor IV (France)
5. Order for Bravery IV, 2nd grade (Bulgaria)
6. Red Cross Order (type 2)
7. ????
8. Commemorative Medal of the Serbian-Ottoman Wars 1876-78
Apart form that I believe he's wearing:
Takovo I
White Eagle II
Order of Christ (Portugal)
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus I (Italy)
Possibly Order of the Iron Crown I (Austria)
And one more partially visible star
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Decorations instituted in 1943
Order of the People's Hero
Order of National Liberation, scarce type 2
Order of the Partisan Star I, II and III
Order of Brotherhood and Unity I, Yugoslav type
Order for Bravery, Yugoslav type
Medal for Braver, Yugoslav type
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Flag of the patrol boat "Streljko", 1943
Breda M37 machine gun, 8mm
Partisan sleeve ranks 1943-1946
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Order of Military Merit
in Southern European & Balkan States
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Thanks for sharing!
Is the wreath of the 2nd or the 3rd class hallmarked? I don't remember seeing 2nd classes like that before but of course that doesn't mean they don't exist.