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Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912

Serbia, Frist Balkan War - Commemorative Medal for the Serbo Turkish War 1912. Instituted October 31, 1913, the medal was awarded to military and civilians who had participated in the First Balkan War of 1912-13. It is constructed out of a die stamped bronze base. The round shaped obverse features a "1912" marked radiating sun above the Serbian Orthodox Monastery Gračanica (XIV century) near Priština and the war trophies, captured Ottoman cannon, below an arched “ОСВЕЋЕНО КОСОВО” (Avenged Kosovo). The reverse features a double-headed eagle with a laurel leaf around it. The leaved are named with the placed where the Serbian Army won some of the greatest battles in the war: КУМАНОВО, СКОПЉЕ, ПРИЛЕП, ЈЕДРЕНЕ, ВЕЛЕС, Н. ПАЗАР, ДЕБАР, ШТИП, ПРИЗРЕН, МРДАРЕ, БИТОЉ, СКАДАР, ОХРИД, СЈЕНИЦА, ДОЈРАН, ЉЕШ, ТЕТОВО, ДРАЧ, ЕЛБАСАН, ПРИШТИНА (Kumanovo, Skopje, Prilep, Edirne, Veles, Novi Pazar, Debar, Štip, Prizren, Merdare, Bitola, Shkodër, Ohrid, Sjenica, Dojran, Lezhë, Tetovo, Durrës, Elbasan, Priština). The top features a barrel loop and ring which is attached to the incorrect ribbon. It measures 1 7/16 inches in diameter. Purchased from the veterans family.

The War between an alliance of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire resulted in a major defeat for the Ottomans and the further territorial expansion of Serbia, including the highly symbolic incorporation into Serbia of the battlefield of Kosovo where, in 1389, Serbia had lost her independence to the Ottoman Turks.

Rating:    Exc+/Exc++
Item Number:    M-31222
Price:    $79.95 USD





Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912 Serbia - Comm. Medal for Serbo Turkish War 1912

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