Yugoslavia Medal for People's Merit

[Bryan]

Medal for People's Merit - (Medalja Zasluga Za Narod )

Edited November 9, 2007 by Bryan

[Ed_Haynes]

Nice set(s), thanks.

Edited May 1, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[order_of_victory]

Great sets

I need to find a case for mine

Order of Victory

[Bryan]

Here is one with Cyrillic inscription. This one is not mine.

Edited October 16, 2007 by Soviet

[nesredep]

Hello!

Nice find.

Regards

Nesredep

[order_of_victory]

Here is mine with a Cyrillic Inscription

How rare are these

Order of Victory

Edited October 17, 2007 by order_of_victory

[order_of_victory]

Reverse,

Order of Victory

[Bryan]

Here is mine with a Soviet Inscription

Hehehe, Soviet inscriptions ... They still use these letter and they are not Soviet.

Those are not rare. It's just that there is 2 versions of that medal. Latin or Cyrillic. Thanks for the better pictures than the one I have shown.

[order_of_victory]

Hehehe, Soviet inscriptions ... They still use these letter and they are not Soviet.

Those are not rare. It's just that there is 2 versions of that medal. Latin or Cyrillic. Thanks for the better pictures than the one I have shown.

Thanks for the info , I have updated my post

Order of Victory

[Anatoly13]

There are 4 types of this medal:

1.1 Cyrillic,thick letters.

1.2 Cyrillic,thin letters.

2.1 Latin,thin letters.

2.2 Latin,thick letters.

[Bryan]

Very interesting!

I also see some variations with the border of the medal and the wreaths.

It's good to learn on the subject every day!

Edited October 20, 2007 by Bryan

[Anatoly13]

You re right Bryan - different stamps.

[SasaYU]

Hehehe, Soviet inscriptions ... They still use these letter and they are not Soviet. Those are not rare. It's just that there is 2 versions of that medal. Latin or Cyrillic. Thanks for the better pictures than the one I have shown.

Bryan,

Cyrillic letters are native letters in Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina (republic's of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

In Yugoslavia Cyrillic and Latin letters were equal in public usage.

So, they are not Soviet inscriptions.

[Bryan]

Bryan,

Cyrillic letters are native letters in Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina (republic's of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

In Yugoslavia Cyrillic and Latin letters were equal in public usage.

So, they are not Soviet inscriptions.

SasaYu, thanks for a better explanation than mine. I would never call Cyrillic letters Soviet inscriptions. I was just trying to explain "order of victory" that those letters are called Cyrillic.

[order_of_victory]

SasaYu, thanks for a better explanation than mine. I would never call Cyrillic letters Soviet inscriptions. I was just trying to explain "order of victory" that those letters are called Cyrillic.

I am sorry due to lack sleep I accidently called them a Soviet Inscription as I did not relise the Cyrillic alphabet was used in Yugoslavia

Order of Victory

[SasaYU]

[Bryan]

I have updated my first post for a new medal in my collection.

Edited November 14, 2007 by Bryan

[Gordon Craig]

Anatoly,

I finally buy one of these medals and now you tell me I need three more! Not fair.

Bryan,

One of your posts shows the ribbon bar device and the others don't. My cased medal did not come with a ribbon bar device so I suppose that one of yours did and the others didn't. Is there a place for the ribbon bar device in the case for the one that shows the ribbon bar device with it? Do you know why some come with the ribbon bar device and some don't?

Regards,

Gordon

[Bryan]

There is no real place for the ribbon bar device in the case. I guess some might have been lost with the time. My guess is that these were all awarded with the ribbon bar, but this is only a guess.

[Gordon Craig]

Bryan,

Sorry but that doesn't seem reasonable. Why would they recess the bottom of the case for the medal and not the ribbon bar? Are there awards that do have the ribbon bar device in the case with the bottom of the case recessed for it to fit into?

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

Bryan,

In rereading my last post I feel that I owe you an appology. For a beginner in studying Jugoslav medals I sound a little strident. When I ask for help I should accept it without questing it. At least until I know more about what I am talking about. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my previous questions.

Regards,

Gordon

[wlodzimierz]

I finally buy one of these medals and now you tell me I need three more! Not fair.

Gordon,

there is another variation of this order. The word "ZASLUGE" was changed to "ZASLUGA" in some later manufactured medals. I haven't seen this variation, I can even tell you the type of used letter: latin or cyrilic. It would be intersting to see this variation.

waldemar

[Gordon Craig]

waldemar,

Thanks for the info. Always nice to know how many variations are out there.

Regards,

Gordon

[Anatoly13]

Waldemar!

Seems that nobody see this " ZASLUGA" variant.

May be another legend?

[Bryan]

Don't worry Gordon. I haven't seen anything rude in your post. I also don't know the real answer, but the only thing I can say is that all my cased examples from this medal do not have any recess place for the ribbon bars. It seems there is no place allowed for them. Only the big cased orders seem to have a place allowed for the ribbon bars.