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    Posted (edited)

    Greetings,

    I believe that this is a very rare document. Interesting thing is that It was issued on 20th of October 1944, the day when the capital of Yugoslavia, Belgrade was liberated thanks to Soviet Red Army!

    Translation:

    HEADQUARTERS

    5th STRIKING DIVISION

    1st proletarian corps

    N(ational) L(iberation) A(rmy) of Yugoslavia

    Number: 272-1944

    Station (Position?), 20th October 1944

    LEGITIMATION

    For comrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    who joined partisans in the 1941 and

    earned a right to wear "SPOMENICA 1941"

    DEATH TO FASCISM, FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE!

    Commissioner

    of the personnel department

    lieutenant colonel,

    End of translation.

    Kind regards,

    Radmilo

    Edited by paja
    Posted (edited)

    Hi Radmilo! Thanks so very much on the translation. I very much appreciate the help. I am thrilled to have this document as I did assume it to be pretty hard to find. The nicest thing for me was how early it is and not a later political award. A true partisan received this one.

    Again, my many thanks!

    Edited by Stogieman
    Posted

    You are most welcome, and thank you for sharing this great find with us! Considering that the year is 1944 he must have got the 1st type of the decoration, the rarer one made by the Soviets. Now that you've mentioned that the order was received by a true partisan, I've heard that later in order to receive this decoration you only needed two witnesses to confirm that you were in the partisan movement from the beginning.

    Kind regards,

    Radmilo

    Posted (edited)

    Nice set, it looks great! Thanks for additional pictures.

    Here's the 2nd, later IKOM type.

    Edited by paja

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