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    Cap badge of the VJ (Vojska Jugoslavije, Yugoslav Army). This means it was adopted after the collapse of the old Yugoslavia, by the new one (Serbia and Montengro), after war broke out. It's been in use for 6 months, than changed again.

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    Filip

    Posted (edited)

    YU-cap-badge of political commissar or officer of a "Proletarian Brigade"

    Gentlemen,

    at my GMIC-profile http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showuser=922 you will see me with a Titovka in solid quality and with the badge of either a political commissar or an officer of a "Proletarian Brigade".

    The badge is ident to the one shown in post #1, BUT with an golden "hammer & sickle" in the middle of the red star. The badge had been the same to commissars and officers of the YU-Elite-Forces in WW II.

    Got the badge for a few cents at a flea market in Belgrade.

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Edited by Christian Zulus
    Posted

    YU-cap-badge of political commissar or officer of a "Proletarian Brigade"

    Gentlemen,

    at my GMIC-profile http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showuser=922 you will see me with a Titovka in solid quality and with the badge of either a political commissar or an officer of a "Proletarian Brigade".

    The badge is ident to the one shown in post #1, BUT with an golden "hammer & sickle" in the middle of the red star. The badge had been the same to commissars and officers of the YU-Elite-Forces in WW II.

    Got the badge for a few cents at a flea market in Belgrade.

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Gentlemen,

    sorry, I just realized, that the photograph at my GMIC-profile is far too small to make out that special cap badge.

    Here in full size again:

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Posted

    So Christian do you dress-up sometimes like a Yugoslavian Partisan or did you made some kind of reenactment. :unsure:

    Dear Bryan,

    no, it just happend by accident ;) .

    A year ago I had a professional photographer as a guest, showed him around and he was impressed by the medals and also by the "heroic" photographs of the bearers in the PMD-bible and in other books. The weather was excellent, he had an b/w-film in the camera and asked me, if he can make some photographs with me & the medals on - also in a somehow "heroic" style like on the old photographs.

    The result had been the YU-Commissar-photograph and this other one. A little bit :off topic: in this thread, because it doesn't show a YU-cap ;) .

    It shows me as a Soviet "Hero of Socialist Labour" and I use that photograph - without the HSL :D - for commercial purposes also, because it got really excellent:

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Posted

    Hmm, nice one Christian, but... I think I saw you somewhere! :anmatcat:

    Oh, yes! It was in the "Battle of Neretva", when you're shooting at the germans near the river! :cheeky::P;)

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    Hmm, nice one Christian, but... I think I saw you somewhere! :anmatcat:

    Oh, yes! It was in the "Battle of Neretva", when you're shooting at the germans near the river! :cheeky::P;)

    Dear Filip,

    sorry, I had been far too young to play in that great movie :( .

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    BTW: I have the "Battle of Neretva" only on VHS-video. Does a DVD exist with german/english language options :unsure: ?

    Posted

    Hehehe ... thanks for the explanation Christian. I was just curious to know what you were doing with your communist goodies on yourself. :lol:

    Posted

    Dear Christian,

    the DVD version of the Neretva is rare, but not impossible to find. On eBay there are mostly two versions of the DVD circulating, the American and the Spanish one. I remember a few months ago there were several copies on ebay.com, at the moment, the only one I could find was this:

    Item number: 280098851387

    It's the Spanish one, but it's in English too. Hope this helps.

    Posted

    Dear Christian,

    the DVD version of the Neretva is rare, but not impossible to find. On eBay there are mostly two versions of the DVD circulating, the American and the Spanish one. I remember a few months ago there were several copies on ebay.com, at the moment, the only one I could find was this:

    Item number: 280098851387

    It's the Spanish one, but it's in English too. Hope this helps.

    Dear Filip,

    many thanks for the information :cheers: .

    At least it should be the US-version ...

    Is there no Serbian-DVD with English sub-titles :unsure: ?

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Posted

    The badge is ident to the one shown in post #1, BUT with an golden "hammer & sickle" in the middle of the red star. The badge had been the same to commissars and officers of the YU-Elite-Forces in WW II.

    Hello Christian!

    I have a question for you. Was this hat badge given to officers after war in JNA also or just between WW2? What about the basic one, without the hammer & sickle?

    Thanks alot!

    Posted

    Dear Filip,

    many thanks for the information :cheers: .

    At least it should be the US-version ...

    Is there no Serbian-DVD with English sub-titles :unsure: ?

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    I never heard of a Serbian edition. :unsure:

    Posted

    I'd like to add something to my previous question to Christian. I went to check in the book YUGOSLAVIA INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS and there it says that the star you have in your collection (with hammer and stickle) was given to elite troops officers in yugoslav people's army and not during the WW2.

    Posted

    I'd like to add something to my previous question to Christian. I went to check in the book YUGOSLAVIA INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS and there it says that the star you have in your collection (with hammer and stickle) was given to elite troops officers in yugoslav people's army and not during the WW2.

    True, I'm sure that Christian's badge is IKOM production too. :)

    Posted

    Commissar's / Elite Forces' Cap Badge

    Gentlemen,

    that's true, that the booklet mentioned that badge only for the JNA Elite Forces. But the old veteran from the flea market in Belgrade at the Kalemegdan next to the Military Museum, where I bought the badge, insisted, that he got the badge from an former Polit Commissar of the JNA.

    The badge of the Soviet Polit Commissars was also a Red Star with a Hammer & Sickle. So my theory was, that the old veteran might be right :unsure: .

    Of course, the badge is IKOM ZAGREB, but it looks older, than all other I have seen - 1940s to 1950s :unsure: ?

    The diameter is about 3 centimeters or 1,3 inches. It has a massive and long screwpost in the middle. Red Star is firmly fixed with cooper wire to the Silver Star. The screwplate is differnt to the modern ones and shows at the av. only IKOM ZAGREB. The enamel is of very good quality.

    I took the badge off the cap and made some scans for you - sorry, I have only a flat-bed-scanner :blush: .

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Posted (edited)

    Gentlemen,

    I found that - more modern - cap badge, which is offered in the internet for USD 40,- (!) as a cap badge to the Elite Forces:

    Screwplate is different, but IKOM ZAGREB.

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

    Edited by Christian Zulus
    Posted

    That unfortunetly still doesn't proove that your type was used during WW2. I'll try to figure it out.

    Dear Nejc,

    no, that's not the question: My cap badge is for sure manufactured after the war!

    I only wanted to point out, that it's a rather old JNA-item :D .

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

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