Serbia Decorations from the collections of the Serbian museums

[paja]

Paul, thank you again! I have to check but I think I wasn't able to dig up photos of him wearing that Persian order so far.
Could be that he's thinking, damn you people, I just spent two years waging wars against the Turks, at least let me shave before we continue 

Edited November 8, 2016 by paja

[Igor Ostapenko]

Great orders !!! 

 

Anybody have pictures of these orders from museum ? 

[paja]

Next time I visit the Military Muesum I'll try to make as much photos as I can and post them in this topic...
Until then - a flag used on Yugoslav submarine Nebojša (Небојша) and Junkers JU87 tail found here.

Edited December 1, 2016 by paja

[paja]

One more found on Wikipedia.

 

[Igor Ostapenko]

Yes  

[paja]

If you are researching unit decorations this might be useful, Official Military Gazette.

[Igor Ostapenko]

Great Information , 

Thank You !!! 

[paja]

You are welcome, here's the rest. I have to check but it is possible that the list of decorated units doesn't end there.

[Igor Ostapenko]

orders with swords and without 

[paja]

It looks like the name of the regiment ends with -ЂА so possibly "КАРАЂОРЂА" (KARAĐORĐA) which means the flag from the last photo could belong to 11th infantry regiment.
IR 11 was awarded with the Order of the Star of Karađorđe with Swords 3rd class so that third class with the missing central medallions is probably missing the swords as well. 

Since we are talking about regimental flags there's one in Vienna today. It was bought by the Museum in 2013 on Andreas Thies' auction #53, more information can be found here. 

Edited December 6, 2016 by paja

[Igor Ostapenko]

on this photo we can see red ribbon with white stripes - order 3rd class without swords 

[paja]

I'm not sure because of the angle but that might be White Eagle 3rd class.

[paja]

Few items, I believe kept in the Belgrade Military Museum.
Blouse, overcoat and French Bleu horizon.

Edited March 2, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović's šajkača cap and vojvoda Mišić's braided shoulder boards,
Belgrade Military Museum

Source

[paja]

Few more photos found on Wikipedia (author Boksi).
Cavalry Regiment IV from 1904
Flags from 1911

 

[paja]

Flag and decorations of the First Proletarian Brigade, Belgrade Military Museum

Source: Wikipedia
Author: Flammard

[BalkanCollector]

Great pics Paja. Love Stepanović's šajkača and Mišić's shoulder boards. 

[paja]

A few more from Wiki.
People's Hero, Partisan Star 1st Class, Brotherhood & Unity 1st Class and Order of National Liberation, scarce Soviet type!

Edited March 17, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Exhibition "The April War" from 2011 held at the Belgrade Military Museum.
Flag from 1930
Model of the river monitor Drava 
Junkers JU87 tail

[paja]

POW items
Generals' šajkača cap
Royal Navy saber and corvette captain shoulder boards

[paja]

Flag from the royal submarine Nebojša and submarine badge, looks like M1937
Sokol society flag

Source: http://www.muzej.mod.gov.rs/en/museum-activity/exhibitions/the-april-war-1941#.WO4kl_mGO70

Edited April 12, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Very interesting TV show about two former Nebojša crew members made in 2003 LINK.
When the command gave the order to surrender the submarine to Italians 19 out of 54 crew members disobeyed it and went first to Crete and then to Alexandria to join the allies. They took a lot of other people with them, navy and officers of other branches. Corvette lieutenant Ivan Mišković remained active during the war outside Yugoslavia. When he returned home in 1946 he had troubles with the new communist authorities, even spent some time in the solitary confinement. On the other hand Jovan Trbojević was first trained by the British in Palestine and then parachuted into mountains of Montenegro in 1942 where he joined Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland. After the war he remained outside Yugoslavia.
Nebojša was brought back to Yugoslavia in 1945 where the Yugoslav Navy used it for training under a a new name, Tara, until 1954-5 when it was decommissioned and later cut up for scrap. 

[new world]

Impressive museum collection!

[paja]

One of these days I'll visit the Belgrade Military Museum and Aeronautical Museum and post more photos. I've been planing to do that for years.

[paja]

A friend visited Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad and sent me a few images.
Machineguns