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Serbian Army cap badges

In the First World war, the Serbian Army used oval cap badges with the Serbian national colors of red-blue-white, with red enamel in the centre, blue in the middle area next to the red, which in turn was next to the outer colour of white. Enlisted men wore the plain, red-blue-white badges, and officers wore the type with the royal cypher of King Peter I, which consisted of a Serbian Cyrillic 'P'(that is, 'П'), and a crown above it and a Roman numeral 'I' to denote the First, ie. King Peter the First, and the other type has the Serbian national, heraldic eagle on it. There are numerous, slight variations on the design of the royal cypher on badges of this time, and also the design of the eagle, as manufacture of the badges was not from a single source. Also, for enlisted men, it wasn't uncommon for there to be infantry units without cap badges as this might depend on the availability of their supply at the time.
Serbian Army badges worn by enlisted men and officers.

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CONTRIBUTOR

Špiro Vranješ

DATE

1914 - 1918

LANGUAGE

eng

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4

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Europeana 1914-1918

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europeana19141918:agent/610885ba9e90ab715a62cb0460ca10b5

Date

1918
1914

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Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

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Europeana 1914-1918

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Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1918
1914

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2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1914

End

1918

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mul

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Špiro Vranješ | europeana19141918:agent/610885ba9e90ab715a62cb0460ca10b5

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2019-09-11T08:44:23.224Z
2020-02-25T08:49:44.430Z
2015-03-12 16:01:26 UTC
2015-03-12 16:02:00 UTC
2015-03-12 16:02:02 UTC
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INTERNET

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