paja Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Infantry lieutenant shoulder board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Emanuel Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Great item Paja, do you have both of them as a pair or? 1st Lieutenant (Pourucnik) indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Thanks Emanuel, no, it's the same one on this pics. But I bought it along with this one It seems to be unused, it isn't pierced and the golden part is not made of metal. It's also red (infantry) I think it's for the higher officers (major up). Can you tell something more about it? Is this item authentic, was it used by millitary and in what period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Emanuel Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Yes paja, as you said it's an unused High Officer epolete but without the 4 crack stars and the metal part. These epoletes was used from Serbian-SHS and after that Yugoslavian Kingdom army from 1920-1939. There were influenced from Russian Empire's Military style (before that and from 1861-1882 Serbian Officers and Underofficers had epoletes influenced by Austrian Army) from 1882 until, as you know, the begining of Communist era in the Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Emaunel thanks for info! You mentioned Communist era, it's interesting that even Yugoslav Army (Jugoslovenska armija) after the WW2 (from 1946 'till 1955) used very similar hard epaulettes, looking up to Soviet model, just as Yugoslav Royal Army was looking up to Russian Empire. Shoulder boards 1920-1939 - Officers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Shoulder boards 1920-1939 - NCOs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 1861 - Austrian model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 This pair belonged to my late grandfather-in-law, he was a reserve 2nd lieutenant of AA artillery. At the time of attack to Yugoslavia (6th April 1941) he was mobilised and sent to navy base of Boka Kotorska, where according to the family history his unit shot down one of attacking Stuka's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 the reverse... sorry for crappy pics, but I don't have boards with me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Beautifull pair of epolettes Valter. And rich family history as I can see. Congratulations. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Thank you, Saša! I'm glad I got these epaulettes - and the story is also interesting. The grandpa died before I met my wife, so I didn't know him but I've hear alot about him. He was talking about this shot down stuka and said the pilot was blown in half, his lower body missing, but the upper body was still in a cabin, with open eyes and very confused face... I don't know if that was true, but sounds interesting... :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Nice piece of history with a scary story behind it. Thanks for sharing it with us Valter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Interesting story. Worth investiagating... War stories could be so incredible, but also so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaim Qyteza Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Attach an Albanian Mod.47 epaulette of a police lieutenant. Those epaulettes were Yugoslavian furnished. Besides this color, this kind of epaulettes, exist also with black and green color. They were used untill 1952. Artan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 heres mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaim Qyteza Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 heres mine Dear Andyg, My compliments. Very beautiful pieces. Can you tell me, if this kind of epaulettes have been used even during first period Tito? Or, at least, in the same time with the Albanian using of them (1947-1952). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Andyg thank you very much for high resolution pics. I'm spechless, beautiful collection, especially those parade uniform shoulder boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Dear Andyg, My compliments. Very beautiful pieces. Can you tell me, if this kind of epaulettes have been used even during first period Tito? Or, at least, in the same time with the Albanian using of them (1947-1952). Artan as I said before communists were using the same or very similar hard epaulettes from 1946 'till 1955. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) I found some pics on ebay, hope it's not forbiden to post them... Artillery 2nd Lieutenant Edited January 5, 2010 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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