Yugoslavia, Kingdom. A Scarce Army HQ Badge & Aiguillettes, c.1935

Item #EU5611

$1,976
Royal Yugoslav Army HQ Badge & Aiguillettes - Royal Yugoslav Army Headquarters (Генералштаб) Badge, Aiguillettes, photos, belonging to Officer Milivoj Grubešić, who was one of the thirteen Adjutants serving at the Yugoslav Army Headquarters; badge, in gilded/patinated bronze, 44.6mm(width) x 62.66mm (height), marked on pin SORLINI VARAZDIN, of excellent quality manufacture, in extremely fine condition and extremely rare; Aiguillettes, in interwoven gilded wire, ending in pointed aiguillette tips, these of fine quality manufacture, in gilded tombac, toped with miniatures of Yugoslav Crown, further decorated with laurel leafs and eagles, in worn, but still very fine condition and extremely rare; a single Officer’s shoulder board; a document dated 13 July 1913, with a stamp of military Academy in Karlstadt (Karlovac, Croatia) showing  Grubešić was a student there at the time enrolled in K.u.k. k. u. k. Infanterie-Kadetten-Schule Karstadt; photo of Grubešić in Royal Yugoslav Navy uniform, wearing a Royal submarine badge; photo of Grubešić wearing Aiguillettes and also White Eagle Order, photo taken in Belgrade, 29.11.1938. This lot was obtained from his relatives.