Montenegro - Bravery Award

[orden_master]

Hello

I would like to propose to the moderators to split the part of this thread dealing with the danilo order into a new topic ???

Regards

Milan

[Hugh]

One american recive Montenegrin Obilich "For Bravery" Medal - General Pershing !

We mustn't forget the Montenegrin award to Jay Gatsby, courtesy of F. Scott Fitzgerald!

Best,

Hugh

[lilo]

In the LG we can see many another montenegrin awards,

but Obilich Medal - only once and

BEFORE DANILO ORDER 1st class !

Hi all,

Another recipient of the Montenegro Obilitch Medal (Gold) was :

General Henry Seymour RAWLINSON (1864-1925), GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG, KStJ

Vide:

3826 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21 APRIL, 1917

Edited June 12, 2008 by lilo

[Igor Ostapenko]

Milosh Obilich for bravery Medal

This medal French or Austrian issue ?

[JapanX]

this set is made in Russia and both items have the cyrillic punchmarks IO = Igor Ozeretski

И.Озерецкiй / I.Ozeritsky - Moscow. Master silversmiths, late19-early 20 century.

His full mark looks like this

[JapanX]

this set is made in Russia and both items have the cyrillic punchmarks IO = Igor Ozeretski

И.Озерецкiй / I.Ozeritsky - Moscow. Master silversmiths, late19-early 20 century.

His full mark looks like this

[paja]

Thanks for clarification

[JapanX]

If the piece is marked by simply "ИО", then it`s not Ozeritzky.

Silverware was his speciality.

But there was (unknown to me) maker ИО, who manufactured badges and orders

Edited August 16, 2014 by JapanX

[Igor Ostapenko]

On 13 באפריל 2006 at 18:19, Dave Danner said:

The 1923 War Department report on decorations conferred in World War One to U.S. servicemen indicates the following Montenegrin awards:

 

Obilitch medal - 1

Order of Prince Danilo I - 125 (1 Grand Cross, 10 Grand Officer, 62 Commander, 20 Officer, 32 Knight)

Medal for Military Bravery - 94

Medal for Zeal - 10 (4 Gold, 6 Silver)

War cross - 1

I don't know how complete this is.

We know another Montenegrin War cross ?  

 

[nickstrenk]

Igor,hi!If it does not matter,I will add both of my medals.Obilich also with the globe earing.

[Igor Ostapenko]

Hi Mikulas, 

Your bravery medal - austrian VM production, and Obilich Medal - from France 

 

picture from Delande catalogue 

[paja]

Once again, thank you so much for images from Delande's catalog! 
I hope you won't mind me asking you again, but are there other Montenegrin decorations in that catalog? 

[Igor Ostapenko]

"... MONTENEGRO, original die for medal "MILOŠ OBILIĆ" probably A.Berthrand, Paris, UNIQUE ..." sold by barper.com 

1 hour ago, paja said:

Once again, thank you so much for images from Delande's catalog! 
I hope you won't mind me asking you again, but are there other Montenegrin decorations in that catalog? 

May be tomorrow

[Igor Ostapenko]

I check Delande catalogs, and not see another Montenegrin awards, only Obilic Medal for Bravery 

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But another producer from Paris - Arthus Bertran make Bravery medals 

silvered bronze 

and silver 

[Igor Ostapenko]

On 13 באפריל 2006 at 18:19, Dave Danner said:

The 1923 War Department report on decorations conferred in World War One to U.S. servicemen indicates the following Montenegrin awards:

 

Obilitch medal - 1

Order of Prince Danilo I - 125 (1 Grand Cross, 10 Grand Officer, 62 Commander, 20 Officer, 32 Knight)

Medal for Military Bravery - 94

Medal for Zeal - 10 (4 Gold, 6 Silver)

War cross - 1

in London Gazette I see 25 names of british officers and soldiers with Montenegrin Bravery medals

[Igor Ostapenko]

medal For Zeal to british soldiers

british soldiers receive Montenegrin awards 

King & Haig 

King & Allenby

[Igor Ostapenko]

and again - three names from LG 

and Obilic medal in IWM collection 

( in discription - Serbian medal  )

[paja]

Thank you very much, Igor! Amazing research! 
I've found a few more Brits awarded with the Montenegrin Silver Bravery Medal.

[Igor Ostapenko]

My new Item - medal from Arthus Bertran

[serbman]

 

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš wanted to establish an order for heroism, named after Nikac. However, senators Filip Đurašković and Stevan Perkov Vukotić suggested that the medal be named after Miloš Obilić, as he had killed the sultan and Nikac the pasha.

 

 

Nikac Tomanović

The history of Nikac is known by poems collected by Sima Milutinović Sarajlija and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro (1830–1851), and subsequently collected epic poems.

Early life

Nikac was born in Rovine, of the Sanjak of Herzegovina of the Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now western Montenegro). He was the son of Vuk Tomanović, of the Cuce tribe, a contemporary of Danilo Petrović (1696–1735). Vuk was not a glavar (head) in the Montenegrin tribal assembly. The Tomanović hailed from Old Kuči (eastern Montenegro).

Stories

In ca. 1750 Nikac and his 40 companions penetrated through an Ottoman army base of 20,000 men, killed the Kaiha Pasha, and Nikac succeeded, though wounded, to "cutting his way back" with a few surviving men.It is said that he and his 40 men came to surrender themselves to the pasha, then killed him in his own tent, like Miloš Obilić had done to the sultan.

According to another story a general with 45,000 men invaded Montenegro but was defeated by vladika Vasilije Petrović and killed by Nikac, who gave the general's sabre to Vladika Sava.He was then sent to Dobrota, near Kotor, to heal his wounds.

According to an epic poem, he murdered Odo Beg Mušović.

Nikac took a charge of the collected haraç (tax) to Hamza Pash^] As Nikac was feared by the Turks, Hamza accepted this. Jašar Babić however, disapproved, and went with his armed band to steal Nikac's livestock.Early at dawn, Nikac and Jašar met and fired their guns at the same time, killing each other.^] According to another story, Nikac stops the stealing, recovers the sheep, kills thirty Turks, and takes seven or eight prisoners.

[Kallarati Heroik]

Hello friends.

I sell this for 50 Euros.

If you want it, let me know

endriabazi88@gmail.com

[Daffy Duck]

Here is something from my collection:

and reverse side
 

[Igor Ostapenko]

Thank you, 

Great Items ! 

for 1858 battle medal 

[Daffy Duck]

just one additional question.

If the round (globe) suspension is mark of AB production, which is cylindrical on my medal?

Btw, Order of Danilo here is less known French production ...

[Igor Ostapenko]

On 3 ביוני 2017 at 21:17, Daffy Duck said:

just one additional question.

If the round (globe) suspension is mark of AB production, which is cylindrical on my medal? ...

Now I have some medal too and can to say - these medals with cylindrical suspension like austrian VM production