Serbian Medal for Good Marksman || This medal was originally established in 1883 as a reward for good marksmanship. On one side is a shooting target with a crown above it over of a pair of crossed rifles, surrounded by a pair of laurel and oak leaf branches. The other side has the Serbian Cyrillic text 'ДОБРОМ СТРЕЛЦУ', which transliterates as 'Dobrom Strelcu', and which translates to 'Good Marksman'. It would be awarded to NCO's and enlisted men who achieved the necessary criteria in sharpshooting. After the First World War, the award continued to be given, but the design changed slightly to also include the text in Latin type as well as Cyrillic, to reflect the inclusiveness towards the other peoples of the newly-established Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which would later become the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

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Serbian Medal for Zealous Service in full size and miniature, plus an award certificate for this medal. || Established in 1913, following the Second Balkan War, this medal was awarded to enlisted men, NCO's, and officers, and civilians for zealous service either from within or for the Serbian Army. It continued to be awarded throughout the First World War and was manufactured at the time in France and Switzerland. The gold versions of this medal was, from late 1914, awarded to officers and the silver version to officers of non-combat units. One side of the medal has the Serbian national, heraldic eagle. The other side has the Serbian Cyrillic text 'ЗА РЕВНОСНУ СЛУЖБУ', which transliterates to 'Za Revnosnu Sluzbu', and translates to 'For Zealous Service'. This medal sometimes appears in medal sets of the time of those who also served in the Balkans as part of the non-Serbian, Allied forces. Shown here is the full size medal and a miniature version of the same, as well as an award certificate, dated 1926. Sometimes, it could take years after the end of the war for recipients to receive their awards.