Trip to Macedonia (museums and antique shop finds)

[BalkanCollector]

I'd like to share some of the stuff I've seen in Macedonia and some of the stuff which I've bought in some of the local antique shops.

NI Institute and Museum Bitola. There's a part of the museum which is dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Firstly here are some of his uniforms. I doubt that those are actually his uniforms but still nice to see. I'd appreciate more knowledgeable members for futher information because I don't know much about them. 

 

 

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Another uniform

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Ottoman medals

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SFRY orders and medals

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German Pickelhaube

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French Adrian helmet

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Other stuff from the Great War. Rifle, revolver, sabres, shells etc. Unfortunately I don't know names since it's not my area.

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Ilinden 1903 Commemorative Award

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Ilinden fighter's uniform

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WW2 Yugoslav Partisan Titovka cap

Bayonet

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Czechoslovak ZB vz. 26

German MP40

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People's Heroes of Yugoslavia from Bitola. Three women! 

Edited May 27, 2019 by BalkanCollector

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Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia, Skopje

Panzer uniform of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring

[BalkanCollector]

The last but not least, bought in an antique shop in Skopje.

Yugoslav Major-General Svetozar Vukmanović "Tempo", giving a speech in Kumanovo, Macedonia in 1945. He's wearing a Yugoslav Order of the Partisan Star 1st class, Partisan Commemorative award of 1941 and a Soviet Order of Kutuzov 1st class.

I'm really glad, I've found this gem!

[922F]

Thank you for posting these precious images!

[Daffy Duck]

Great images indeed!

[BalkanCollector]

Thank you both!

[Raven]

Superb trip you had, thanks for sharing.

[Bayern]

On 26/05/2019 at 07:24, BalkanCollector said:

I'd like to share some of the stuff I've seen in Macedonia and some of the stuff which I've bought in some of the local antique shops.

NI Institute and Museum Bitola. There's a part of the museum which is dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Firstly here are some of his uniforms. I doubt that those are actually his uniforms but still nice to see. I'd appreciate more knowledgeable members for futher information because I don't know much about them. 

 

 

This is a military cadet uniform ,Mustafa Kemal was a cadet in the Military Academy of Monastir today Bitola 

The other uniform is the uniform of a Turkish General , used in the thirties , the collar patch is not visible so i can not say which rank of General is 

[BalkanCollector]

4 hours ago, Bayern said:

This is a military cadet uniform ,Mustafa Kemal was a cadet in the Military Academy of Monastir today Bitola 

The other uniform is the uniform of a Turkish General , used in the thirties , the collar patch is not visible so i can not say which rank of General is 

Thank you very much for the input! 

The museum is actually located in the same building where the Military Academy of Monastir was situated.

[Bayern]

Servitore ! and thanks to you for share

[BalkanCollector]

One more thing 

On 27/05/2019 at 17:54, BalkanCollector said:

The last but not least, bought in an antique shop in Skopje.

I've actually forgot another thing I've bought in another antique shop in Skopje so here it is.

Member's card of the People's Front of Macedonia. Now I have three of those cards, another two being that of the People's Front of Croatia.

[BalkanCollector]

Also, there were three of these little postal stamps inside the booklet.

[Egorka]

I am quite sure these are not postal stamps. These were used to mark that the membership fee has been payed. Like a receipt. 

[BalkanCollector]

44 minutes ago, Egorka said:

I am quite sure these are not postal stamps. These were used to mark that the membership fee has been payed. Like a receipt. 

You're absolutely right. I wrote postal stamps in a hurry because I didn't know the proper word in English for it. Thank you for the input!