Christian Zulus

Dear Filip, maybe they mean with "podmladak" new member to the motor club ? Best regards Christian

Dear Doc, that's a anniversary-medal celebrating 50 years (1848 - 1898) of the rule of Emporer Franz Joseph AND it seems to be a special medal for school-children, because the inscription at the rv. says: "To the children for the anniversary celebration" The ribbon shows the colours of imperial Austria (= one part of the k.u.k.-Empire, the other part was Hungary): Black & gold. Retz is a very nice & charming small town with a long history in the north of Austria at the border to the Czech Republic. Retz is famous for it's excellent wines . Some links about Retz: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retz http://www.telebuero.at/retz/ http://www.riskommunal.at/retz/ (also in English!) http://www.tiscover.at/at/guide/32336sy,en...dex,1/home.html (English!) It is a very beautiful medal and I have never seen such a medal for children. Congratulations . Best regards Christian

Dear Wild Card, so, your question #132 will be a very special one . Best regards Christian

Dear Sasa, many thanks for your expertise . So, the first pin is like "Komsomol" in CCCP. Best regards Christian

Dear Ed, I didn't have the budget to buy that beauty .... It might have been the last chance to see that rarity with a price tag of around USD 6.000,- .... I think, the YU-HSL is the most artistic of all HSL around . Best regards Christian

Dear Wild Card, it's your turn now . Please put the question #132 to us . Many thanks . Best regards Christian

Dear Filip, many thanks for your expertise . Is it the youth-club of the "Auto Moto Savez" in Serbia ? Best regards Christian BTW: Do you have any access to the auction results from Belgrade http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18883 ?

YU-HSL Gentlemen, Rauch's auction in Vienna http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19027 presented a YU-HSL and resulted in the following hammer price (incl. all fees & taxes in EURO): - YU-HSL (cased, with ribbon, fresh from the mint) - ? 4.800,- That order is extremly rare and only 4 times before the YU-HSL had been at auction and yielded rather ident hammer prices. Best regards Christian

Results of the auction in Vienna Gentlemen, Rauch's auction in Vienna http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19027 resulted in the following hammer prices (incl. all fees & taxes in EURO): - 3cl (screwback, s/n.: 55409) - ? 41,- Best regards Christian

Results of the auction in Vienna Gentlemen, Rauch's auction in Vienna http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19027 resulted in the following hammer prices (incl. all fees & taxes in EURO): - 2cl (6 torches, vertical pin) - ? 48,- Best regards Christian

Results of the auction in Vienna Gentlemen, Rauch's auction in Vienna http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19027 resulted in the following hammer prices (incl. all fees & taxes in EURO): - 1cl (6 torches) - ? 348,- - 2cl (5 torches, cased) - ? 120,- - 2cl (5 torches) - ? 138,- - 3cl (6 torches, cased) - ? 60,- - 3cl (5 torches) - ? 72,- Best regards Christian

Results of the auction in Vienna Gentlemen, Rauch's auction in Vienna http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19027 resulted in the following hammer prices (incl. all fees & taxes in EURO): - 2cl (said silver, but I think, it's tombac) - ? 114,- - 3cl (silver, cased) - ? 102,- - 3cl (silver) - ? 84,- Best regards Christian

3 unknown lapel pins from YU Gentlemen, these are 3 - for me - unknown lapel pins from Yugoslavia: Does anyone have an idea, what they might be ? The first has something to do with an youth-organisation, I assume. Many thanks for your expertise in advance . Best regards Christian

DOM JNA ZEMUN Gentlemen, this seems to be a rather old lapel pin of the JNA-airforce-HQ in Zemun, Belgrade: Has anyone more informations about the "Dom JNA" in Zemun ? Best regards Christian

Staff-lapel-pin of Tito's yacht "Galeb" Gentlemen, Tito used a very large yacht, the "Galeb" (= seagull), for his journeys around the world. The ship is now on sale again: http://www.sybarites.org/2006/05/08/marsha...-auctioned-off/ and in a really bad condition . I got this - rather large - lapel pin from Branko Karakas, renowed YU-composer, conductor, JNA-colonel & personel director of music of the late Marshal Tito: He told me, that this was the lapel pin for the staff at Tito's yacht "Galeb". Best regards Christian BTW: I asked Branko which military orders - as a colonel - he got from Tito. He told me, that he received all the 3rd classes of most of them .

YU Lapel Pins Gentlemen, as the Soviet Union, communist Yugoslavia had a lot of lapel pins in all fields. Please show your collection . For some unknown or rare ones, we might find out their specific meaning & function. Best regards Christian

Early variant (1960) of the YU Submarine Badge Gentlemen, that's the above mentioned YU sub badge I have in my collection: The red star at the top is enamel of rather good quality and NOT painted. You can read IKOM ZAGREB (in large letters) at the small (tombac) screwplate on the rv. Best regards Christian

JNA-winter-cap-badge ???? Gentlemen, years ago I got this rather larger (5cm in diameter) badge from friends in Belgrade as a present: What kind of badge is it ? A badge for a large winter cap ? Many thanks for your expertise in advance . Best regards Christian

Dear Ed, what's this: Did we already get a RB for our activities ? Best regards Christian, "Meritorious Answerer at the GMIC-Quiz-Thread"

Dear Ed, many thanks for your wellcome greetings to GMIC-Mongolia! So, Mongolians - as Yugoslavians - made their own design and the awards had been manufactured in the Soviet Union. Best regards Christian

Gentlemen, does anyone know, which artists in the Soviet Union made the great designs of the Mongolian Awards & Badges ? Best regards Christian BTW: Early communist Yugoslavia had their own native designs and the YU-Orders & Medals where only manufactured in the CCCP.

Dear Frank, no problem, so Wild Card is entitled to put question # 132 . Wild Card, it's your turn now .... Best regards Christian

Gentlemen, congratulations to Frank & Wild Card . Wild Card had been first to answer part 1 of my question: Lazar Kaganovich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Kaganovich . But Frank answered the parts 2, 3 & 4 of my question in a comprehensive and correct way. So 3/4 of victory to Frank and 1/4 of victory to Wild Card . I think it is correct, to give the victory to Frank and he will give a new - #132 - of his extra-difficult questions to us . Project 26: Light or heavy cruisers ? The above introduced book of Rohwer/Monakov calls the project 26 just cruiser - neither light, nor heavy. Rohwer/Monakov list two classes of Soviet cruisers: - Cruisers (like project 26) - Battlecruisers (like the Kronstadt, which you can see at the cover of their book) Due to the fact, that project 26 are no battlecruisers, Wikipedia calls them "light cruisers" at the Lazar Kaganovich entry. Well, I think we should call the Lazar Kaganovich a cruiser, as stated in Rohwer/Monakov. She is not a heavy cruiser (= battlecruiser). Frank, it's now your turn again .... Best regards Christian

Soviet ocean-going Navy Gentlemen, for anyone, who has deeper interest into Soviet ships & navy programs of 1935 to 1953, there is a real comprehensive book in English written by the two renowed experts Jurgen Rohwer and Mikhail S. Monakov with a forword by David M. Glantz: STALIN'S OCEAN-GOING FLEET Review: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JI...56/ai_105210233 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Ocean-going-...1439428-6928006 Best regards Christian

Dear Charles, many thanks for your expertise . Well, the badge doesen't look sooooo old, so it might be a 3rd class. It's really strange, the 3rd class looks much more impressive, than 1st & 2nd class . Best regards Christian