Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Shoulder Boards

[Sajkaca]

From my article published in French Militaria Magazine in April 2001

[jpnorth]

This is a very interesting subject. Can anybody indicate which of the infantry regiments had royal patrons, ie which regiments would have a cypher on the shoulderboard rather than a regimental number? And were there two regiments of infantry guards in 1941? How would they be distinguished one from the other? Many thanks! J

[paja]

Greetings gentlemen,

I would like to try to revive this topic with "soft" M1939 infantry lieutenant colonel's shoulder boards (epoletuške).

Could someone tell me what's the difference between "soft" and "hard" shoulder boards? My thoughts on this are that maybe the soft type shoulder boards were for war (and everyday?) uniform (svakodnevna i pohodna uniforma) and that the hard shoulder boards were for parade uniform (svečana i praznična uniforma). According to the regulations from 1939 mundir with two rows of buttons (color depending on the color of the branch) as a part of parade uniform was back but those parade uniform round epaulettes were no longer in use. Cockade was replaced with two-headed eagle emblem. Shoulder boards for cavalry, engineering and medical officers were silver with golden stars, everyone else had golden shoulder boards with silver stars (check out the table in post #72, and also lightfoot's shoulder boards in post #37).

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Edited April 23, 2013 by paja

[paja]

Couple of details.

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[paja]

Props for Serbian TV show Ravna Gora.

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Edited April 24, 2013 by paja

[paja]

Quartermaster's badge for shoulder boards.

[paja]

I've also seen shoulder boards from the socialist era with the same badge on them.

Back side.

[Rogi]

Really awesome items Radmilo !

[paja]

Thanks Rogi, I found it at my home by accident, no one has any idea where did we get it from.

Edited December 11, 2013 by paja

[paja]

First lieutenant wearing "soft" shoulder boards.

Edited December 11, 2013 by paja

[paja]

Captain first class wearing "hard" shoulder boards.

[paja]

Artillery Major (8th Artillery Regiment)

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[paja]

Detail.

[paja]

Infantry colonel 1.

[paja]

Infantry colonel 2.

[paja]

Senior infantry officers' mundir with epaulettes belonged to Miloš Cvetić (National Museum Kragujevac - same as the last two pairs).

Edited November 17, 2014 by paja

[paja]

Infantry lieutenant colonels' epaulettes (National Museum Niš).

Edited November 17, 2014 by paja

[paja]

Senior infantry officers' mundir with epaulettes belonged to Miloš Cvetić (from the collection of the National Museum Kragujevac - same as the last two pairs).

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(Oval) epaulettes were worn on ceremonial uniforms until 1927.

Edited November 17, 2014 by paja

[paja]

Air force - Captain 1st class (6th Fighter Regiment), lieutenant colonel.

+Air force emblem, pilot's badge, dagger, shapka, flight book...

Photos from exhibition "1941 - 70 years later" found on Royal family website.

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Edited November 17, 2014 by paja

[paja]

Generals' grand mundir belonged to vojvoda Bojović, notice the eagles on epaulettes (National Museum Čačak).

Edited November 17, 2014 by paja

[paja]

Same mundir, epaulettes without eagles.

[paja]

Eagles + Monogram (worn by king's adjutants together with aiguillette).

[paja]

Infantry first lieutenant's epaulettes, label inside box Moritz Tiller & Co. (Мориц Тилер и Комп.)
National Museum Čačak

[paja]

Vojvoda Živojin Mišić's braided shoulder boards (I'm not sure if that is the proper English term), Kingdom of Serbia era,
Belgrade Military Museum

Edited March 2, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Speaking of which, here are vojvoda Bojović's epaulettes from a latter period.
Notice the barely visible metal application underneath the eagle, that's monogram of Aleksandar I worn by his adjutants.

Edited March 2, 2017 by paja