Those stars are gorgeous.
Partisans everywere are considered somewat second class fighters.
I instead think that the strategical power to subtract opponent soldiers from the main battlefront play a decisive role in the win of the war.
May you please pm me if you know where may i buy one?
I am very sorry that I have not checked this thread out earlier and gotten back to you.
These stars are made by both Soviet and Yugoslavian makers. I'll post some more PIC's of both versions and you can decide which way to go from there. I currently only have the 3rd class in my collection, but they are considerably cheaper than the 2nd or 1st class awards as actual awarded numbers were quite low.
Award Numbers:
1st Class - 627
2nd Class - 1531
3rd Class - 10384
Each class was different in construction - the 1st class was in gold with a laurel wreath, the second class is in silver with a laurel wreath and the ones shown are 3rd class. I dont have any relating images to share as I dont have any of the classes - they are very nice awards thought! :thumbsup
Here's a couple of images of some Partisan Stars I obtained about 12 years ago. Interesting that they came complete with documents. I was told both were issued to Soviet citizen sounding names. Who knows?
Wow! Those aren't often seen (the docs). Good snag, Gerry
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
The Monetny dvor made Orders of the partisan star 3. class are sold from 60$ to 250$ here in EX - Yugoslavia, it depends on the serial number, and if it's boxed or documented. A full set should be about 250$, while an ordinary piece without doc or box should cost you no more than 60 to 70$.
I've never seen or heard about any fakes of these 3. classes. The market is overflown with originals anyway. 10 000 3. classes were awarded, but there were at least 20 000 soviet made, and unnisued pieces are still beeing found in large batches... Also there are not that many people collecting this stuff.
I've seen a few fakes of the 1. class but, they were so bad, that they were instantly recognisable. I also saw one suspicious 2. class piece once, but I'm still not sure if it was a fake or just a late, very badly made yugoslav IKOM original.
This is my order of the partisan star 3. class sn. 4610 with original case of issue. Unlike the orders itself, the cases are extremly rare. Don't know why though, as there are enough of orders arround. It seems that those cases that were issued were later lost, and the cases of the orders that were kept unissued, had been also thrown away, since there's a lot of unnisued partisan stars 3. class but not a single one has the case.
Hello to everyone interested in Yugoslavia decoration.
I have found one nice russian, Monetni Dvor III class Partisan star at the Belgrade market. Number is low, from WWII period. Please take a look and enjoy ;)
