Serbia Decorations from the collections of the Serbian museums

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Same museum different exhibition, photos found here.
Ottoman Order of Osmanieh and Order of the Medjidie

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I presume front page of the exhibition catalog.
Very nice miniature chain which consists of:
-Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)
-Order of the Crown (Prussia)
-Order of St. Anna (Russia)
-Order of the Crown of Italy
-Albert Order (Saxony)
-Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire)

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Two more interesting orders from Montenegro, photos found HERE.
-Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persia)
-Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (Russia)

Edited September 2, 2017 by paja

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-MUSEUM OF PONIŠAVLJЕ PIROT (МУЗЕЈ ПОНИШАВЉА ПИРОТ)

-official website: http://test.muzejpirot.com/

Tain, Serbian soldiers’ bread
Aleksa Zdravković (Алекса Здравковић) holding tain

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Order of the Polar Star, Commander (Sweden)
II Balkan War Commemorative Medal
Albanian Retreat Medal

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Yatagan, flintlock rifle and pistol, Ottoman Mauser M1903

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St. Sava Society - Founder's diploma
Order of the White Eagle 5th Class awarded to Ceka Krstić (Цека Крстић), merchant from Pirot, 1898.
WW1 post cards

[BalkanCollector]

Remarkable items! It's strange to see a 100 year old bread.

[paja]

A beautiful story about that particular bread can be read HERE.

"There are many testimonies that confirm the huge respect that bread enjoys among the Serb people, as the protector of life in a higher sense. To this day, there is the story of private Aleksa Zdravkovic from Pirot, participant in all three wars from 1912 to 1918, who took his mother’s advice to heart and spent eight years carrying his first portion of bread as the lucky charm. During the long years of soldiering, Aleksa believed that the ration of tain and strong will of his mother offered him protection. The tain of Aleksa Zdravkovic is kept to this day in the Museum of Ponisavlje in Pirot as a symbol of endurance and resilience, not just of one man, but of the entire Serbian people."

[BalkanCollector]

Beautiful story indeed! That bread must have been hard as a rock since it didn't break during combat. It must have been a real pain to carry it around for eight years, not to mention the combat. 

[paja]

Good protection against shrapnels 

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Photos from the exhibition "Treasury of Military Museum".

 

As you can see the exhibition was supposed to be open until 26th September. When I went the last day to see the exhibition and make some photos the doors were locked. I went inside the museum to see if someone can let me in and that's when I was told: "We decided to close the exhibition earlier, we already started packing everything." Really unbelievable!

Photo album from 1872, a gift to prince Milan from his officers.

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Yugoslav Crown 1st Class
Hero of Socialist Labor 

[BalkanCollector]

I cannot get my eyes off of that Yugoslav Crown 1st class. 

[paja]

Steineck ABC Wristwatch Camera

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A few more photos from the Blic website.

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Alexander Löhr's saber.

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Remaining photos

[new world]

Very impressive!

[paja]

BELGRADE MILITARY MUSEUM

M1841 tambourmajor's uniform (R)
M1845 infantry private's uniform (R)

Edited February 20, 2018 by paja

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M1882 cavalry private's uniform (R)
M1895 cavalry sabre for soldiers and NCOs

Edited February 20, 2018 by paja

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M1873 general's full dress uniform (R)
M1873 general's pickelhaube is authentic
Parade belt is not from the Principality era

Edited February 20, 2018 by paja

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Weapons of the prominent participants in the Herzegovina Uprising (1875-77)
Petar Karađorđević's sabre
The future king of Serbia fought in the Uprising under the name Petar Mrkonjić (Петар Мркоњић)

Edited February 20, 2018 by paja

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Weapons used in the Serbian–Ottoman Wars 1876-78 
M1867 Greene (?)
M1870 Peabody
Đurа Horvatović's uniform (Ђура Хорватовић), not from that period

Edited February 20, 2018 by paja

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M1817 (?) tesak
M1861 infantry officer's sabre (Austria)
M1861/70 infantry officer's saber, belonged to Đura Horvatović

Edited February 20, 2018 by paja