Yugoslavia, Kingdom. A Rare Naval River Boats Officer's Cap Insignia

Finely hand embroidered gilded metal bullion wreath and crown, centering two anchors, on top of black wool; a large size insignia for a visor cap (78mm x 83mm), removed from the cap, in extremely fine condition and rare.

Footnote. After the end of the First World War Royal Yugoslav Navy (Serbo-Croatian: Kraljevska Jugoslavenska Ratna Mornarica, Краљевска Југословенска Ратна Морнарица; KJRM) was established in 1920., and inherited four river monitors from the Austro-Hungarian Navy, each from a different class. In April 1941, one was sunk, and the rest were scuttled. One of the scuttled ships was raised and scrapped. The other two were raised and put to use by the Navy of the Independent State of Croatia, and were lost late in the war, with one being raised after the war and put into service until 1962.