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    paja

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    1. 10 hours ago, Bayern said:

      Paja: each day one learns something new ,i ignored until now that Franchet D Esperey was honoured as  Voivoda , Title that was something more if I am not wrong, than a mere military honour , 

      Apologies for not being more precise, there was a distinction between honorary vojvoda and "battle vojvoda". Battle vojvoda was the highest military rank in the Kingdom of Serbia/SCS/Yugoslavia and a general could become vojvoda only during the war for particularly successful work. d'Esperey was honorary vojvoda. 

    2. Excellent topic :beer:
      I'll post a couple of photos from my collection, mostly flee market finds.
      First one was taken in Trebinje on October 1944 (original inscription: Требиње - октобар 1944 г.). I believe the general standing in the middle is people's hero Vlado Šegrt. He's wearing Partisan Star 1st class.
      By the way notice his hat badge, generals' had white enamel around the edges. You can see the same badge being worn by Petar Drapšin in the photo you posted.
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    3. Very nice, thanks for sharing! We can follow your grandfather's progress order-wise as he rose up through the ranks.
      Lieutenant - Military Merits 3rd Class
      Captain 1st cl. - People's Army 3rd Class
      Major - Military Merits 2nd Class
      Lieutenant Colonel - People's Army 2nd Class
      I had no idea they were stamping back sides of the certificates when someone purchased miniatures.

      Unfortunately, I don't have many documented groups, just this one.
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    4. A beautiful story about that particular bread can be read HERE.

      "There are many testimonies that confirm the huge respect that bread enjoys among the Serb people, as the protector of life in a higher sense. To this day, there is the story of private Aleksa Zdravkovic from Pirot, participant in all three wars from 1912 to 1918, who took his mother’s advice to heart and spent eight years carrying his first portion of bread as the lucky charm. During the long years of soldiering, Aleksa believed that the ration of tain and strong will of his mother offered him protection. The tain of Aleksa Zdravkovic is kept to this day in the Museum of Ponisavlje in Pirot as a symbol of endurance and resilience, not just of one man, but of the entire Serbian people."

    5. Germany: von Hugo, squadron commander, 3rd guards uhlan regiment (?), military attache
      England: Bonham, infantry lieutenant colonel, military attache
      Argentina: de Vedia, general staff major, military attache
      Austria-Hungary: count of Herberstein, general staff major, military attache
      Belgium: Pioch, major general
      Bolivia: Suarez, cavalry lieutenant colonel, military attache
      Bulgaria: Neresov, general staff major
      Chile: Gormaz, general staff major, military attache
      China: Wang, colonel.
      Denmark: de Hegermann-Lindencrone, major general
      Spain: Echagüe y Santoyo, engineer major, military attache
      United States: Bentley-Mott, artillery captain, military attache
      Greece: Milioly, artillery major
      Italy: Chaperon, general staff lieutenant colonel, military attache
      Japan: count Hisamatsu, infantry battalion commander, military attache
      Mexico: Mondragon, brigade general, military attache; Corarrubias, artillery captain
      Netherlands: Bruce, general staff lieutenant colonel
      Portugal: Ferreira, artillery captain
      Romania: Miclesco, artillery captain, military attache
      Russia: Lazarev, general staff colonel, military attache
      Serbia: Petar Bojović, general staff colonel
      Sweden and Norway: baron Odelsward, cavalry captain, military attache
      Switzerland: Galiffe, general staff  lieutenant colonel; Van Berchern, artillery lieutenant colonel

      French officers who accompanied them:
      -Holender
      -Chere
      -Coste
      -de Ribainse
      -Boucabeille
      -de Castelbajac
      -Vide

      If I miswrote some names or made other mistakes please fell free to correct me.

    6. 12 hours ago, Trooper_D said:

      What a great contribution to the thread, Paja. May I ask where this comes from and is it the same publication you used to produce the names for the 1912 manoeuvres in the other thread? 

      List from 1904 was published in the "Le Petit Parisien" journal and I think the other one is from "Le Gaulois". 
      If you wish I can check which editions, unfortunately I saved just the cropped lists.

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