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THE MEDAL OF MERIT TOWARDS THE ROYAL HOUSE
(MODEL 1904-1941) |
The Medal was originally instituted by the Reigning
Prince Milan Obrenovich IV (later King Milan I). It's character was non-statal,
as the Medal was in sole ingerence of the Monarch, and was administrated
by the Office of the Marshal of the Court. The Medal consisted of four
Classes (Gold Medal with Crown, Gold medal, Silver Medal with Crown and
Silver Medal), and was worn suspended from the white ribbon with side stripes
and the field between those side stripes filled with a ladder-style horizontal
lines of blue (during the reign of the Obrenovich Dynasty) resp. red (during
the Karageorgevich Dynasty reign) color. The Medal was conferred upon Royal
Household staff for long and faithful service.
The first model, used by King Petar I, had Royal House Coat-of-Arms
in obverse (1).
The Medal for the Royal Household staff during the reign of King Aleksandar
I was changed in design at least twice. One model was used in period when
Realm was officially named Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (2),
another one when the Realm was renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia (after 1929). Following the Assassination of the King in Marseilles, in 1934, the
design of the Medal was again changed, and the Royal Effigy substituted
with the Royal House Coat-of-Arms (3). Later, at least two new models were
issued, both with the effigy of the boy-King Petar II. |
