Yugoslavia RARE medal for merit

Befehl227 · July 31, 2007

Za Zasluge

Instituted: 14.12.1955

Issued: 845 until 31.12.1985

For: Contribution to the friendly relations with Yugoslavia

Christian Zulus · July 31, 2007

Lieber Stefan,

many thanks for sharing the scans of that rare medal with us :cheers: .

Do you have any further informations about that medal - who got it, for which deeds, etc. :unsure: ?

Liebe Gr??e :beer:

Christian

Befehl227 · August 1, 2007

Lieber Stefan,
many thanks for sharing the scans of that rare medal with us .
Do you have any further informations about that medal - who got it, for which deeds, etc. ?
Liebe Gr??e
Christian

Christian, as always with Yugoslav medals - nur sp?rliche Informationen! :banger:

My only resource is Nenad?s book: Yugoslavia Army Insignia & Decorations 1918 - 1990

All I know is that there were also two types, FNRJ and SFRJ.

orden_master · August 2, 2007

Hello Stefan Hello Christian

the medal was instituted in 1955 as the text says for "merits in fullfilling the duty and response which helps to establish friendly relationship in between the Federative National Republik Jugoslavia and other states"

As the name of the Republich changed in 1963 so the inscription on the medal changed too and it from then on says "Socialist Federative Republic Jugoslavia".

The medal was awarded from the beginning up to 1985 only 845 times mostly to administrativ-technical personel of foreign delegations visiting the country

Your variant (badly for you) is the SFRJ version thus post 1963, the FNRJ is VERY VERY rare and hard to find, the price is also almost 10 times higher thus in the 400-500 EUR region.

The medals have been made of tombac and then silvered and was made in Zagrb by IKOM.

Best regards

Milan

Christian, as always with Yugoslav medals - nur sp?rliche Informationen!
My only resource is Nenad?s book: Yugoslavia Army Insignia & Decorations 1918 - 1990
All I know is that there were also two types, FNRJ and SFRJ.

Bryan · August 3, 2007

Wow, I didn't know that medal was so rare! Great find Stefan!

orden_master · August 3, 2007

Be careful, a lot of fakes are turning around ! :speechless1:

Wow, I didn't know that medal was so rare! Great find Stefan!

Bryan · August 3, 2007

For this price I can understand that this medal is faked. Which other yugoslavian medals are widely faked? I haven't heard about fake yugoslavian medals before!

Befehl227 · August 3, 2007

Hello Stefan Hello Christian
the medal was instituted in 1955 as the text says for "merits in fullfilling the duty and response which helps to establish friendly relationship in between the Federative National Republik Jugoslavia and other states"
As the name of the Republich changed in 1963 so the inscription on the medal changed too and it from then on says "Socialist Federative Republic Jugoslavia".
The medal was awarded from the beginning up to 1985 only 845 times mostly to administrativ-technical personel of foreign delegations visiting the country
Your variant (badly for you) is the SFRJ version thus post 1963, the FNRJ is VERY VERY rare and hard to find, the price is also almost 10 times higher thus in the 400-500 EUR region.
The medals have been made of tombac and then silvered and was made in Zagrb by IKOM.
Best regards
Milan

Thank you for the detailed informations, Milan!

Your variant (badly for you) is the SFRJ version[...]

It makes no difference to me! I collect orders for pleasure...

P.S. Can you please help me with the ZBOR medal? :rolleyes: :lol:

Edited August 3, 2007 by Befehl227

Befehl227 · August 3, 2007

For this price I can understand that this medal is faked. Which other yugoslavian medals are widely faked? I haven't heard about fake yugoslavian medals before!

I saw some very, very bad copies of the JNA/SFRJ submarine badges!

Luka · August 3, 2007

Befehl that is a good find! :speechless1:

Nice medal and cased too :banger:

:cheers:

Befehl227 · August 4, 2007

Befehl that is a good find!
Nice medal and cased too

Thank you...but don?t tell mef, kolekcionar or dragoljub something about it! Zezam se!

P.S. Welcome to the forum, Luka! :beer:

Luka · August 25, 2007

Befehl, you realy need to get me one of these :lol: :rolleyes:

Explorer · August 28, 2007

Truly a very rare medal and definitly a great addition to your collection. I assume the case itself is also quite rare.

Anyway last one I saw was sold only for 65 euros on a auction and I had a chance to buy one a year or so ago for about 150 euros. Unfortunetly I don't know the difference between FNRJ and SFRJ types. Can someone post a picture??? :cheers:

Explorer

wlodzimierz · August 31, 2007

Here you are: images from ebay:

Explorer · August 31, 2007

So what's the difference except the old look?

wlodzimierz · August 31, 2007

So what's the difference except the old look?

The name of the issuing state

till 1963 'Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija' how many ??

from 1963 'Socijalisticka Federativna Republika Jugoslavija' how many ??

total = 845 (?)

Explorer · September 1, 2007

lol didn't even read the titles. Thanks.

Befehl227 · September 1, 2007

Here you are: images from ebay:

Wlodzimierz, is this picture from a current auction?

wlodzimierz · September 1, 2007

NEIN,

it was on ebay and now is on the way to me.

wlodzimierz

Explorer · September 1, 2007

How much?

wlodzimierz · September 1, 2007

slightly below of the price range which was mentioned by orden_master/Milan.

There is original box but partly not in very good shape.

waldemar

orden_master · September 1, 2007

perfect buy !!! congrats :cheers: I was observing :rolleyes:

Milan

slightly below of the price range which was mentioned by orden_master/Milan.
There is original box but partly not in very good shape.
waldemar

wlodzimierz · September 1, 2007

Milan,

thank you Milan, I was on your homepage today - respect.

I thought you are collecting only Kingdom.

I hope that it's original and not a fake. What do think about conditions of this medal?

Do you know how many SFRJ and FNRJ Medals exists or where could we get informations?

Waldemar

orden_master · September 1, 2007

Hi Waldemar

Thanks for the nice words :blush: about my collection !

Looking at the pictures from ebay I would say that it is a perfect original medal, for being 100% sure I would have to take it in my hands. Yes I switched to Kingdom only after I had a almost complete "communistic" collection, I was missing only the order of freedom and 2 or 3 varieties of the other orders otherwise I WAS complete, most of them boxed and some documents. About 2 years ago I have sold the complete lot. :speechless1:

I was looking at all my documentation I had with me at home and could not find anything else than the number of all contributed orders. There could be one more book which I have in my office where maybe it could have some details of the pre 63 period. I will be back in my office by tuesday and will have a look then.

regards

Milan

PS joining a picture from my former collection

Milan,
thank you Milan, I was on your homepage today - respect.
I thought you are collecting only Kingdom.
I hope that it's original and not a fake. What do think about conditions of this medal?
Do you know how many SFRJ and FNRJ Medals exists or where could we get informations?
Waldemar

wlodzimierz · September 1, 2007

Milan ,

what do you know about VIS Medal :unsure: ?

thank you :cheers:

Waldemar

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