Brian Wolfe Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hello Everyone,As well as the blue enameled badge I posted earlier I also picked up a tiny "hat badge" (also marked "RARE" , this guy kills me). It seems too small for a hat badge, measuring 1 inch (25mm). For its size it seems to be fairly heavy though I doubt it is anything expensive like silver. There is a very small chip above the sickle but other than that the enamel is in good condition.The screw device has IKOM and ZAGREB written on it.Oh yes, the cost of this "RARE" badge was $5.00. It makes me wonder what he would have charged for something he would consider as common? My questions are, is this a hat badge or a collar badge and is it an older style badge?Any help you can give me is, as always, appreciated.Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Here is the reverse side showing the screw device.Thanks again for your help.Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Well, it's Yugoslav, so I'll move it over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Well, it's Yugoslav, so I'll move it over there.Many thanks Rick, I have a lot to learn.Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Hello Everyone,I like to do as much research as possible before asking for help from my fellow forum members as I believe that is what the internet and this forum in particular are for. I had searched through several Soviet badge sources regarding the hat badge I was asking about before posting it here. Thanks to Rick moving it to this thread I started to look for it and low and behold I found it.I was looking under the wrong thread! Oh well that all part of learning.Thanks again for the information and the nudge in the right direction, Rick.You know what they say about teaching a man to fish for himself.Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 It is a cap badge for elite troops of JNA (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija / Yugoslav People's Army). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 It is a cap badge for elite troops of JNA (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija / Yugoslav People's Army).Many thanks for the information,SasaYU.Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 You are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Gaumann Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 It's kinda rare....the Yugo Army weren't that big..... Plus, they don't make 'em like that any more. Plus, they gotta be hard to find in the GWN (Great White North). They don't command a big price tag; $5 is an average price, and you didn't have to pay 5 to 10 for shipping so you're ahead there.IMHO these 'Elite Troops' badges, and the normal ones (w/o S&H) make great additions to Yugo ODM displays. They're nice and heavy, not thin, stamped metal like their Soviet bretheren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 It's kinda rare....the Yugo Army weren't that big..... Plus, they don't make 'em like that any more. Plus, they gotta be hard to find in the GWN (Great White North). They don't command a big price tag; $5 is an average price, and you didn't have to pay 5 to 10 for shipping so you're ahead there.IMHO these 'Elite Troops' badges, and the normal ones (w/o S&H) make great additions to Yugo ODM displays. They're nice and heavy, not thin, stamped metal like their Soviet bretheren.Thanks Eric,Actually this caught my wife's eye while I was looking at an Austrian medal. I'm glad she noticed it and since the price was right I'm glad I bought it. Now I'll have to add some JNA medals and start yet another thread to my collection, so in the long run it will probably cost me enough. Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Keep on going Brian ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I was given one by my old landlord when I lived in Srpska for a short while about 8 years ago, it had been his when he was in the army He was in his 60's then, unfortunately I do'nt know what unit he was in, just that it was a "Guards" unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101combatvet Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I have several of them.... I wonder when they stopped using them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb16trs Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 It is a cap badge for elite troops of JNA (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija / Yugoslav People's Army).hello, could these units be compared to the soviet guards unit? (I believe there's a yougoslav guards badge isn't it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Some pictures of Yugoslav people's army Guard unit:In camo uniforms, training: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Very nice pictures, Sa?a! However, I must make a small correction: this cap badge (for field cap, not peaked one) is NOT for guards units (gardijske jedinice), but for so-called "proletarian" troops (proleterske jedinice). They were (almost) the same as normal yugoslav army troops, except they were bearing the tradition of elite/better partisan units, that have gotten honorary title "proletarian" during WW2. They were believed to be somehow better than "regular" (non-proletarian) units, but in reality that was dubious, at least in last years/decades of Yugoslavia. The only distinction in uniform was that hammer and sickle in the star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Valter, as you said, this cap badge was for "field cap", whic was also worn by guard units while training.Here is a picture of guard units training in 1974. Picture is from a book written by Petar Damjanov and Miroslav Mladenovic:More pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Valter, as you said, this cap badge was for "field cap", which was also worn by guard units while training.Here is a picture of guard units training in 1974. Picture is from a book written by Petar Damjanov and Miroslav Mladenovic:More pictures: Edited March 19, 2009 by SasaYU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now