Serbia, Kingdom. Royal Serbian Volunteer Corps Badge, c.1944 certificate_of_authenticity identified as Italian-made as noted

identified as Italian-made as noted by the style

refusing to withdraw after being seriously wounded

and from February to April 1945

and was featured as an example of an early version of the decoration on pages 130-131 of Karsten Klingbeil’s “Orden: 1700-2000”

Serbia, Kingdom. Royal Serbian Volunteer Corps Badge, c.1944 certificate_of_authenticity identified as Italian-made as notedIn bronze, obverse shows the image of St. George on horseback slaying the dragon, reverse has hooks with no pin, reverse number 04166, evidence of some wear, very fine condition. Footnote: The Serbian Volunteer Corps was founded in 1941 as a paramilitary branch of the fascist political organization Zbor. During World War II, they collaborated with Nazi Germany.