paja Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Bulgarian Order of St. Alexander 2nd Class (Rothe) Bulgarian Order of Military Merit 2nd Class (Schwerdtner), 1904. Legion of Honor 4th Class, 1904. Legion of Honor, according to the catalog also 4th class (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Order of Military Merit 2nd Class Legion of Honor Fourth class awarding document from 1904 Third class awarding document from 1914 Edited October 20, 2016 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Legion of Honor 3rd Class, 1916 Order of St. Michael and St. George 3rd Class, 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Legion of Honor 3rd Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Order of St. Michael and St. George 2nd Class, 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) Generals' Visor Hat M1850 Sidearm of the Artillery Schools Cadets (?) M1861 Austrian Infantry Officers' Saber (I'm not sure where these in use in the Serbian Army and under which name, I think Montenegrin officers used it as M1867) M1861/1870 Serbian Infantry Officers' Saber Edited October 22, 2016 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 M1861 M1861/1870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Generals' Grand Mundir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Just a few more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 French War Cross 1914-17 with Bronze Palm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Greek Order of Redeemer 2nd Class (Pomonis), 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus 1st Class, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Badge, sash and the letter of Italian foreign minister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Legion of Honor 1st Class, 1936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Imperial Russian Golden saber for bravery presented to vojvoda Milan Obrenović by prince Bagration on December 21, 1809 (January 3, 1810). Milan was Miloš Obrenović's older maternal half-brother and one of five Serbs who were honored this way. The others were Karađorđe Petrović, Milenko Stojković, Petar Teodorović Dobrnjac and Hajduk-Veljko Petrović. Gramota is also preserved and it states that the saber was awarded to Milan not only for the shown bravery but also for his devotion to Russia. After 1903 it was kept in the National museum until 1915 when the occupying Austro-Hungarian forces looted almost all Serbian museums. During the war it was kept in Budapest and after the liberation it was returned together with a certain amount of stolen objects. After that it was once more kept in the National Museum until 1953 when it was given to the Military Museum but unfortunately no one knew just what it was... It took more that 4 decades for it to be "re-discovered" in 1995. This priceless piece of Serbian history is the only surviving Golden saber from the time of First Serbian Uprising. Information and some of the photos were found in Mr. Branko Bogdanović's article "Miloš's Saber - Pearl of the Museum" published in Politikin Magazin. Edited October 30, 2016 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Milan Obrenović and the portrait of Miloš with his brother's saber by Uroš Knežević from 1835. Miloš is wearing Order of St. Anna I Class, possibly II class with brilliants around his neck and Ottoman Nişan-ı Zişan. Milan, was awarded with Russian Silver Medal for Bravery and Zeal on St. Anna ribbon (Медаль "За храбрость и усердие") on April 4, 1810. Apart from him 7 more Serbs were awarded with silver and 17 with golden medal! Unfortunately only one golden medal on St. George ribbon awarded to vojvoda Luka Lazarević is preserved and kept in the Historical Museum of Serbia. Miloš is also one of the recipients of the same decoration. Edited October 28, 2016 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 For the end one more photo of the Golden saber, inscription "For Bravery" (За Храбрость) is clearly visible. Gramota is kept at the Archive of Serbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 Serbian generals' pickelhaube M1873, full dress uniform. Two of them are kept at the Belgrade Military Museum, one belonged to Milojko Lešjanin, the other one to Kosta Protić. By the way pickelhaube was first introduced in Serbia in 1847. Unfortunately the image is very small, I'll try finding better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Small photo of Milan Obrenović wearing that type of helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Nice photo of decorations from the Historical Archives of Belgrade found on naseblago.rs. Order of Freedom and Order of the War Banner belonged to Konstantin Popović while Yugoslav Star 1st Class belonged to Dragoslav Marković. Edited November 7, 2016 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 9 hours ago, paja said: Nice photo of decorations from the Historical Archives of Belgrade found on naseblago.rs. Order of Freedom and Order of the War Banner belonged to Konstantin Popović while Yugoslav Star 1st Class belonged to Dragoslav Marković. Very nice photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 By the look Milan's face in the photo he didn't seem too comfortable in the Pickelhaube. He certainly looks totally fed up. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, BalkanCollector said: Very nice photo! Just in case you didn't notice before, I posted a lot of photos of decorations kept at the Historical Archives of Belgrade in this topic, pages 10-13. Some found on their website, others taken on exhibition. Edited November 8, 2016 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 3 hours ago, paul wood said: By the look Milan's face in the photo he didn't seem too comfortable in the Pickelhaube. He certainly looks totally fed up. Paul Paul, maybe that's his "tough guy" look The photo should be from 1878, if I'm not mistaken he's wearing Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun (below Leopold). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Yes Radmilo I agree, I am 90% certain the bottom decoration is the Lion and Sun. It could also be he's looking like this because it is about the eighth exposure and there is some nice wine waiting for him when he finishes. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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