Serbia Serbia - WWI cap?

[Iver]

Hi.. a frien gave me this... but i don?t know what it is, have heard that it should be serbian WWI cap...

[Iver]

and secon photo..

[SasaYU]

Could be...

But it is in very poor condition. Can you make a photo of inside?

[Iver]

SasaYU: I know, it?s not in good condition... but... was a present... I hope this photo helps to identify it... in the front of the cap is an oval badge missing... if it?s really serbian, it is possible to get that badge? how does it look? thanks...

Edited December 1, 2008 by Iver

[SasaYU]

Cap should look like this:

I will post a picture of badge as soon as I can.

Edited December 5, 2008 by SasaYU

[Iver]

I am still looking for the badge to this cap.. does anybody has a photo?

[SasaYU]

It should look like this:

You have one on e-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/YUGOSLAVIA-SERBIA-M191...p3286.m20.l1116

Edited May 4, 2009 by SasaYU

[Emanuel]

Greetings Sasa,

I assume this is a cocarde from King's Peter I era, is that right?

(Every King had his initials on these concardes like on the epoletes of his Officers)

Edited May 5, 2009 by Emanuel

[SasaYU]

Yes, that is right.

[bcalkins]

I would say that it's a Serbian officers cap from late in the war, French made.

[Iver]

bcalkins: Thanks for informations... Now only to find a badge, that won?t be so expensive as the one linked... :speechless:

[Emanuel]

I will try to find you a concade without Monogram in a good price.

By the way,if you are interested in Serbian medals ,I put up for sale a nice one in our Sale subforum.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=36817

Kind regards

Emanuel

[bcalkins]

Be sure you get a Serbian cockade, rather than a Yugoslav. The difference is in the order of the ring colors. The wartime Serbian cockade had white as the outside band color. I'm pretty sure of this, but try to double check.

I think this is a French made late war cap for the following reasons...

The cloth chinstrap was very common on mid and late war French kepis. The cap body is simplified with no piping or extra outside flap. The French and Brits supplied a lot of uniforms to the Serbs to refit the army at Corfu. Last, the visor is a typical short Serb/Russian style (later Yugoslav visors were wider and flatter).

I collect WWI headgear from all the Balkan countries. If you are ever interested in selling, please give me a shot at it. bcalkins@thephxzoo.com

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I will try to find you a concade without Monogram in a good price.

By the way,if you are interested in Serbian medals ,I put up for sale a nice one in our Sale subforum.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=36817

Kind regards

Emanuel

[SasaYU]

Here is a cockarde of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in use from 1921.

[bovec1313]

I'm enclosing pics of my Serbian officer's cap;

acording to its shape, cap is from early period of WW1, (before Albanian retreat)

Cap has gold braid for staff officers on the top, but it's quite dark due to age.

Caps after WWI were broader and had larger visor.

[bovec1313]

inside of the cap

[Sajkaca]

very nice cap and in very good condition, although with the chin strap it indicates that it is 1918-1922 version.