Yugoslav Army (JA) officer ID

[Al-muell]

Here's an old version of the JA Officer ID from 1948- surprisingly it was used well into the 1960's when the army was already JNA and the owner became a general...

It was worn in an untitled black plastic cover. I have removed it as it seems to have degraded the photograph a bit.

The original cover has the state seal and the name "Yugoslav Army". Judging from the greenish patina, it seems that the etters were originaly gold. The cover is made of genuine leather.

The inside has the photoraph of the owner in the pre-1955 colonel uniform (interestingly - I have seen these soviet-style shoulderboards being reffered to as "partisan-style, which is rather odd as the NOVJ never used shoulderboards, marking the ranks on cuffs) with 4 ribbons and a badge (any help identyfying it will be welcome) stamped in the military unit 22132
The document has a name "ID of the active officers, generals, admirals and military clerks of the Yugoslav Army" and gives the data on the owner - colonel D'uro Matić son of Josip. Not sure what the "Nar. 46/48" means - possibly 1946 is the date of the promotion while 1948 is the date of taking current post. It is signed by his CO, but I can't make out the name.