Serbia Yugoslavia - photo of YU soldiers / officers

[KDVR]

Hello

I'm not sure if those three men are from the Serbian or Kingdom of YU army.

Thank you for your help!

KDVR!

[SasaYU]

I think they are from Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Edited September 25, 2009 by SasaYU

[leigh kitchen]

The crossed swords collar badges are Military Academy?

[Emanuel]

I have to agree with Sasa that are enlisted men from Yugoslavian Kingdom era, I have somewhere a portrait photo of a young man with the same collars, but I do not know if they were from the Military Academy as Leigh said.

[SasaYU]

I am not an expert, but collars look the same as the collars of School for reserve officers in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Maybe they were the same in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ?

:unsure:

Edited September 26, 2009 by SasaYU

[SasaYU]

For comparison, collars from period of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

[Valter]

Swords are for reserve infantry officer's school - and it's quite possible the pic is from Bileća (i served there many years after those guys , proudly wearing the swords just like in Saša's last post). The kingdom used similar collar badge as socialist YU, but not the same. See the difference in the angle and I think kingdom swords were bigger, as the collars were bigger too.

[leigh kitchen]

I have a few photos of soldiers wearing these crossed swords collar badges, including some dated head & shoulder ones, 1934 & 1937 I think, I'll dig them out & post them, see how the swords compare.

[SasaYU]

A picture that should be a solider of military academy.

Edited October 18, 2009 by SasaYU

[leigh kitchen]

Photos dated 1932, 1933 & 1934, & a photo of three cadets of the Reserve Officers School of The Army of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia which was take in the city of Bilecca.

The first three photos were obtined from Belgrade the las from Zagreb

[SasaYU]

Great pictures Leigh !

Is there something written on the back of the photos ?

Can you scan it if there is, please?

[leigh kitchen]

Hee are the backs of the photos, in the same order as above:

[SasaYU]

Thank you very much Leigh!

Very interesting pictures.

Photo's were taken in photographic attelier of Vidoslav Dedijer in Bileca.

[leigh kitchen]

Thanks, was that the only school for reserve officers?

[Valter]

Wow, great pictures there!!!

Bileća was the only school for reserve officers of infantry. There was also a cavalry reserve off. school, but I'm not sure where, and I don't know if there were more in Kingdom times. In socialist times, there were also reserve officers schools for artillery (Zadar), signals (Belgrade), atomic-biological-chemical defense units (Kruševac), engineers (Karlovac), armor units (??) (Banja Luka), air force (also Zadar) and navy (Split), but I also heard rumors about speical units school in Karlovac. If I missed or messed something, please forgive me. :whistle:

[hunyadi]

and the chances of finding an original tunic of these??? :whistle:

[leigh kitchen]

Found another photo that I have - there is nothing written or printed on the reverse.

Three men wear the crossed swords collar badges.

(Another man has a white mark on his collar, but this is just a flaw n the photo.

Edited October 28, 2009 by leigh kitchen

[SasaYU]

Leigh,

thank you for posting your picture.

Man in the center of the picture is obviously an officer and others are cadets of the School for reserve officers.

Civilian is probably of muslim nationality according to his cap called "fes".

[Valter]

Leigh, a very interesting fotos!! The last one is a kind of mistery, as the guys seem to be too old for reserve officers school! They look late 20's/30's, but cadets should be 18-20, as guys on previous pictures.

[leigh kitchen]

Could they be training staff emplyed at the school?

[SasaYU]

I think you are wrong Valter.

In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia cadets of School for reserve officers were in age 19 - 27.

It should be the same in Kingdom of Yugoslavia.