This is a post-war badge for Serbian volunteers who participated in any or all of the wars between 1912, which was the First Balkan War, up to the end of the First World War. The Serbian writing on the badge, 'RATNI DOBROVOLJAC', translates as 'War Volunteer'. It was manufactured by the firm of Griesbach and Knaus. || Badge for Serbian volunteers from 1912-1918.

Several medals from the Association for Preserving the Traditions of the Serbian Liberation Wars Until 1918, plus ribbon bar. || Founded on 30 September 1970, the Serbian-based Association for Preserving the Traditions of the Serbian Liberation Wars Until 1918 was founded by former artillery colonel, Dimitrije Pavlovic, who found from personal experience that general public awareness of the sacrifice of the Great War generation was often poor, not what it could be, and that existing memorials required maintenance or, worse yet, that there should be memorials to remember certain events and individuals, but there was nothing at the time to fulfil this requirement. That all began to change. Since the Association was created, it has participated annually in memorial events, restored memorials and monuments, laid foundation stones, commissioned busts, created video, audio, and printed publications, and so on. It is truly commendable work to turn the decades of forget and neglect following the end of the First World War and to raise it in people’s consciousness. Hopefully, the memorials and remembrance of those who sacrificed themselves remain and will continue to do so, being renewed when required, in perpetuity, having found its momentum of memory. The Association has also worked with individuals and organisations in other countries such as, for example, Canada, France, Germany, and Greece. Shown here is the highest award that is conferred by the Association. The central figure shown on the award is based of the Monument to the Third Class Reservists, which is in Karageorge Park in Belgrade, and was created by the sculptor Stamenko Djurdjevic in 1923. The Serbian Army, at this time, had a ban system, which were age-defined groups of soldiers: first ban troops were aged 21-31 and had full uniforms and the most modern equipment available, the second ban were aged 32-37 and had army caps and coats with second-rank equipment, and third ban troops were aged 38-45 and wore civilian clothing because there were no uniforms available for them, and the standard rifle for these reservists was the obsolete, single-shot Russian Berdan rifle, which was no match for the opposing army Austrian Mannlicher rifle, which had a rate of fire easily more than five times that of the Berdan. The statue, and the central figure that appears on the preservation Association was based on true events, that of these third-line reservists taking on the first enemy attacks near the Danube and Sava rivers, and symbolised the struggle that the Serbian Army faced when it’s back was against the wall with the odds very much against them at times. Looking at the medal, which was awarded to significant benefactors to the Association and their work, the cross part and the ribbon make use of the Serbian national colours, that of red, blue, and white. Also shown is the ribbon bar of the award and also a golden medal produced by the Association, which is awarded to worthy individuals. One side of the gold medal has the central figure from the Monument to the Third Class Reservists, with the following Serbian Cyrillic text surrounding it, ‘ДРУШТВО ЗА ЧУВАЊЕ СПОМЕНИКА И НЕГОВАЊА ТРАДИЦИЈА ОСЛОБОДИЛАЧКИX РАТОВА СРБИЈЕ ДО 1918’, which transliterates to ‘Drustmo za Cuvanje Spomenika i Negovanja Tradicija Oslobodacki Ratova Srbije do 1918’, and which translates as ’The Society for the Preservation of Memorials and Traditions of the Serbian Liberation Wars to 1918’. The other side of the medal has the year ‘1918’, and the Serbian Cyrillic text, ‘СЛАВА ПАЛИМ ХЕРОЈИМА ЗА СЛОБОДУ ОТАЏБИНЕ’, which transliterates as ‘Slava Palim Herojima za Slobodu Otadzbine’, and translates as ‘Glory to the Fallen Heroes for the Freedom of the Fatherland’. Finally, one of the first medals produced by the Association, that showing Serbia's King Peter in profile on one side, with the Cyrillic text 'КРАЉ ПЕТАР', which transliterates to 'Kralj Petar', and which translates to 'King Peter', and the other side has the Association's design that also appears on the reverse of the previous medal.

This Czechoslovakian badge was for members of the Czechoslovak-based veterans association from the First World War. The central part of the badge has three heads in profile, wearing traditional headwear of, respectively, the armies of Russia, France with the Adrian-pattern helmet, and Serbia with the traditional 'sajkaca' cap. Beneath them is the self-explanatory text 'RUSKO - FRANCIE - SRBSKO', corresponding to the figures above them. Above the central figures is the Czech text 'KRUH STARODRUZINIK V PRAZE', which translates as 'The Circle of Old-Companions in Prague'. The 'Druzina' was originally a battalion formed by Czechs and Slovaks in Russia in 1914, to fight the Central Powers, with many of their forces coming from Czechs and Slovaks who has been recruited as prisoners-of-war. The Czechs and Slovaks fought for Russia, as part of its army, including the Russian Civil War against the Bolsheviks. Also in France, where some Czechs and Slovaks joined the French Foreign Legion when the war broke out and, eventually, embryonic parts of an independent Czechoslovak Army was established with the help of the French. Also, in Italy, where Czech and Slovak, as well as some other Slavs, formed reconnaissance units that were part of the Italian Army. Serbian volunteers were also recruited in Russia for the Serbian Volunteer Corps, originally from Serbian POW's, and, later on, other nationalities joined in addition to the Serbs such as Slovenes, Croats, and Czechs. To spell things out, Austro-Hungary had in its army many proto-nationalities and peoples, for want of a better expression, a proportion of whom did not have faith in a Habsburg-led future. When some of these people became prisoners-of-war of the Allies, having fought for the Austro-Hungarian army, they were recruited from having been prisoners in the tens of thousands by Allied armies that offered them a chance to fight against the state that they had known and lived in and did not want. From being prisoners-of-war, they could gain their freedom, change uniform, be given a rifle, and take on their 'old country' foe. Consider that, in 1914, the Czechs and Slovaks did not have an army of their own and were absorbed into the Austro-Hungarian armed forces. By the end of the war, they had their own army and country. || Czechoslovakian veterans association badge.