YUGOSLAVIA SILVER ORDER of BROTHERHOOD and UNITY, 1st EMISSION, 2nd CLASS
2nd Class Badge (Silver Wreath), instituted in 1943. Breast Badge, silver, 46 mm, superimposed parts gilt bronze, enameled, with a screwback, in a case of issue, and numbered on the reverse.
CONDITION: Very good condition for its age. For further information, please refer to the pictures.
PROVENANCE: 1. From an old large collection, Berlin, Germany, 1975-2017; 2. La Galerie Numismatique Lausanne, Switzerland, April 04, 2018 (the winner will receive this information); 3. Our sale of this item adds another layer of provenance. History of sale is very IMPORTANT for serious collection.
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HISTORY: Brotherhood and Unity was a popular slogan of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia that was coined during the Yugoslav People's Liberation War (1941-45), and which evolved into a guiding principle of Yugoslavia's post-war inter-ethnic policy. In Slovenia, the slogan'Brotherhood and PeacE' (bratstvo i mir) was used in the beginning. After the invasion of Yugoslavia by Axis forces in April 1941, the occupying powers and their helpers sought to systematically incite hatred among the many national, ethnic and religious groups of Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav Communist Party successfully publicized the brotherhood and unity of Yugoslavia's nations (narodi) and national minorities (nacionalne manjine, later renamed to narodnosti) in their struggle against the fascist enemy and domestic collaborators. The decision of the second session of AVNOJ on the federalization of Yugoslavia in 1943 was regarded as the recognition of this Brotherhood and Unity principle.

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