Before the official system of awards was in place - Yugoslavia awarded its partisans with badges.
Here's Type 1 badge - made in Soviet Union. Later these badges were exchanged for Type 2 silver ones, making these one of the rarest Yugoslavian awards.
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Well, if it "is considered to be one of the rarest Yugoslavian badges", as stated by William, then it's not even too high.
But I know what you mean, even if "it was elevated to the status of the order by the Yugoslavian government", as also mentioned by William, after all it's still a Badge: Badge shape, Badge look...
Also it's not easy from this pic to see in which condition is the enamel.
I was also tempted but, giving it a 2nd thought...
I hear you saying "$110 is too much for a badge", but consider this: about two years ago I was offered this badge from a source in Yugoslavia (now this guy usually has good prices, much better than you would see on eBay) for $90.
So, I'd say the price for one on eBay is about right.
Keep in mind that very few of these survived - majority were exchanged for later version...
Not that rare... I've been offered one for $50 with enamel damage.
I've been offered one for a bit over $100 with slight enamel damage.
Now I'm working on a clean one and hoping it will be below $100...
We'll see...
Rusty.
"Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none." Benjamin Franklin
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