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It would be fun to collect as many Serbian coins and stamps as you can, and to share your newfound knowledge with others.\u00a0 Numismatic (money) and Philatelic (stamps) Societies exist all over the world. You can find Serbian coins relatively inexpensively at local coin shops or online.\u00a0 You can make displays for your school or for your local public library. This is a great way to learn about Serbian history, and at the same time, make many new friends!<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\u00a0From the Serbian Kingdom during 1879.\u00a0 Do you know who the Serbian ruler was then?\u00a0 How could you find out?\u00a0 Who came before him?\u00a0 Who came after?\u00a0 What else did you learn?<\/p>

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This is from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, previously called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.\u00a0 Note the 3 different crests inside the double-headed eagle.\u00a0 King Alexander was called the UNIFIER and the PEACEMAKER.\u00a0 He was on a peace mission when he was shot in Marseilles, France on October 9, 1934.\u00a0 When you hold a coin like this in your hands, you can learn a lot of history if you wanted to.\u00a0<\/p>

Go ahead, do some research in the libraries and read about how from 16 airplanes with long, black banners flying behind, and how flowers were sprinkled over the path his funeral entourage took.\u00a0 Every village sent representatives to his funeral wearing the native costumes from those areas.\u00a0 For these beautiful accounts, you have to find newspaper articles on the day after…. Oct. 10, 1934. Almost every paper in the world had many photos and beautiful write-ups of this tragic event.\u00a0 These would be reading FIRST HAND accounts of the events.<\/p>

Here is a FIRST HAND account of what happened when the King landed in Marseilles.\u00a0 There was a huge crowd to meet him.\u00a0 The streets were lined with excited people all the way from the boat dock to the\u00a0 middle of the city.\u00a0 All the lamp posts were strung with flowers to welcome the King.<\/p>\u00a0

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\u00a0Although not a coin, a valuable piece of history.\u00a0 This is a medal marking the placing of the Cornerstone of St. Sava’s HRAM in Belgrade in 1939!\u00a0 The construction was stopped during WWII, and only started again in the 1980’s.\u00a0 Our group was there at the HRAM by seredipity when the roof which was raised for a month, was lowered, and finally locked into place, the Tuesday before the 1989 June 28 600th Anniversary of Kosovo.\u00a0 We sang “Ziveli!” and “Uskliknimo” once we realized what the countdown had been all about.\u00a0 Afterwards, the workmen gathered on top of the roof for an unforgettable picture!<\/p>

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Here’s a WONDERFUL website to learn more about the Serbian rulers and the paper money that was printed during their rules.\u00a0 I selected the period of King Peter to King Alexander’s time for a start, but you can also move BACK in time, or FORWARD, as you wish.\u00a0 There are some beautiful banknotes here for you to see!<\/p>

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Here’s an example from there:<\/p>

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Probably the very BEST place to learn more about Serbian coins throughout history is on the Serbian Unity Congress BLAGO site.<\/p>

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Here’s the\u00a0SERBIAN HISTORY THROUGH COINAGE\u00a0<\/a>series from the Serbian Unity Congress’ website.\u00a0 You can find information here on the earliest Republic of Venice coinage, and King Stefan Uros I Nemanjic all the way to King Marko, and Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic to the Ostojic Dynasty, to the Coinage of Dubrovnik, and then Serbia and Montenegro coinage from the 19th-20th centuries with Prince Mihailo Obrenovich III, King Milan Obrevovic IV, King Aleksandar I Obrenovich, King Petar I Karadjordjevic to King Nikola I Petrovic Njegos.\u00a0 All of this wonderful information was generated by\u00a0Radmilo Bozinovic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The work involved was tremendous and I’m very appreciative of all the time and talent it took to create.\u00a0 Thank you to Radmilo and the S.U.C. for sharing this treasure so generously with others!<\/p>

Want even more?\u00a0 Then try this\u00a0RUDNIK Numismatic<\/a>\u00a0site.<\/p>

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Serbian Medals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Kosovo Medal from 1912 Wars<\/strong><\/p>

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There is a beautiful painting of King Alexander of Yugoslavia at the Heinz History Center. He was a numismatist, meaning, he loved collecting coins and paper money items.<\/p>

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If you do a search for\u00a0Serbia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Coins,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0you’ll find a lot of good information. Here’s an example from the\u00a0Wikipedia<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0site. I’ll bet you know who’s on the obverse, right?<\/p>

\"\"<\/span>The front of the coin in called the\u00a0OBVERSE.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 The back of a coin is called the\u00a0REVERSE<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>

Did you kniow that among other things, Nikola Tesla was also a\u00a0NUMISMATIST?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>

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Look at this Serbian Woman’s costume on display at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.\u00a0 Her “apron” piece is LOADED with Serbian coins, a real sign of great wealth, similar to Kuna Indians of Panama, wearing their gold and silver necklaces and earrings to show the family was in good stead!<\/p>

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Close-up look! Click on the photo, and it should enlarge!<\/p>


This necklace was also a real eye-opener!<\/p>


And how about this Beauty?\u00a0 Click on photo to enlarge.<\/p>

This necklace somehow reminds me of\u00a0THE SILENT KOLO.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Did you ever hear of that?\u00a0 When the Turks took away the Serbs’ music and song (along with so many other things, including their young boys!), there were always smart, defiant Serbs who kept alive the Serbians’ desire for freedom.\u00a0 In the evening the Serbian youth would go high in the hills and dance the kolo without any musical accompaniment, just the stomping of their dancers’ feet and the bouncing of the ladies’ coins gave the kolo its rhythm.\u00a0 This was one wonderful way to keep their hopes for FREEDOM alive!\u00a0 I first saw this kolo performed by Nick Jovich’s dancers from New York at the Serbian Unity Congress meeting in New York City.\u00a0 I never forgot it!\u00a0 It haunts me all the time, flooding my mind with great memories of the night!<\/p>


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This Bulletin shows when we were at the Museum!<\/p>

The Kosovo Men’s Choir from Cleveland, OH appeared in concert with the famous First Choral Society of Belgrade, which celebrated 150 years of existence.<\/p>

\u00a0To view the wonderful Ethnographic Museum’s website in Serbia and see MORE folk costumes, click here on this site.<\/a><\/p>

\u00a0You will see costumes from all Serbian regions, including that of Serbia proper, Vojvodina, Kosovo and Methohija, Montenegro, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia!<\/span><\/p>

It would be best to visit the area in person, as they have 160,000 items of interest.\u00a0<\/p>

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The Medals you see on the left hand side were photographed at a display at the Akron Food Festival by then Protonica Tuba, currently now in Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0I’m sorry but I can’t remember who brought the display…..<\/p>

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These are ancient Serbian coins.\u00a0 Click on the lower right hand side to enlarge.<\/p>

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The Red Cross Medal of Serbia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Queen Natalia of Serbia gave a medal like this to Clara Barton of America’s Red Cross.\u00a0 She was the only one to wear it for nine years before another was issued.\u00a0 Clara Barton treasured it.<\/p>

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With much gratitude to<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Michael Papich of California<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>

\u00a0Mike tells us that he has been collecting various maps all of his life as a hobby.\u00a0 He has been good enough to share this one with us so we may learn more about the areas our ancestors came from.<\/span><\/p>

I will try to add them as they become available to study and for our children to print out and paste in their book reports.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0(Don’t forget you can enlarge this photo and all other photos by clicking on the bottom right hand corner of the image.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>

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\u00a0This is a German map of Yugoslavia made 1940.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

The\u00a0yellow parts<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of the map show where the Serbs lived.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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Here’s an image of a silk map from Ted Connolly, the son of U.S. airman +Tom Connolly, one of the 513 rescued American Airmen saved by General Draza Mihailovich and his Serbian Chetniks, our American O.S.S., and incredibly brave American rescue pilots in\u00a0“Operation Halyard.”<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Rare 18th Century Book Donated to Hilandar Research Library!<\/span><\/h3>

The 1796 Proclamation of Maria Theresa, Empress, Regarding Protected Religious Rights of the “Illyrian” Minority in Austro-Hungary!<\/p>

This extremely rare book in 19+5 leaves is written in Russian Church Slavonic with South Slavic (Serbian) features and describes the continuation and clarification of the rights of the Orthodox minority population that arrived in Austro-Hungary in 1690 (The Great Migration of the Serbs).\u00a0 This book was donated to the Hilandar Research Library by\u00a0Prof. Dr. Jos Schaeken<\/span>, Professor of Balto-Slavic Languages and Cultural History, Leiden University, The Netherlands.<\/span><\/h4>

For more information on the\u00a0Hilandar Research Library,<\/a>\u00a0click above link.<\/p>

The Hilandar Research Library has the largest collection of medieval Slavic manuscripts on microform in the world.<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0Contacts<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0http:\/\/cmrs.osu.edu\/rcmss\/contacts.html<\/a><\/p>

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Just some advice from the book: THE OZ PRICIPLE.<\/p>

All have to be committed to achieving objectives.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

You either get stuck or you get results. \u00a0Just one principle. \u00a0That’s all.<\/div>
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“What ELSE can I do to make a difference?”<\/div>
\u00a0“What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?”<\/div>
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ACCOUNTABILITY; \u00a0Continuous improvement, innovation, customer satisfaction, team performance, talent development.\u00a0<\/div>
No “victimization” to justify inaction\u2026. \u00a0<\/div>
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Remember\u00a0<\/span>Alexander the Great.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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When his army reached the coast of what is now called India, he ordered his me to burn their ships.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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Mike also sent us a few book websites to add to our collection for young researchers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Here’s the<\/span><\/p>

Jak\u0161a and Biljana Djelevich<\/span>\u00a0“Serbian Library”<\/strong>\u00a0Serbian Collection from the Library at Ohio State University:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0http:\/\/library.osu.edu\/sites\/ees\/serbiancollection.php<\/a><\/p>

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Here’s the<\/span><\/p>

Research Reference, and the Serbian periodicals from the Library of the University of Minnesota:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

http:\/\/www.ihrc.umn.edu\/research\/periodicals\/serbian.html<\/a><\/p>

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\u00a0Joe Buley, Founder,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Dr. Nicholas Groves, Librarian<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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New Gracanica Library\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Illinois<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

One of the BEST library collections on Serbian History can be found at the Joe Buley Library in New Gracanica, Third Lake, IL.\u00a0 Presently, the library features 8,000 catalogued books plus periodicals and other holdings.\u00a0 This was done with the great work of librarian, Dr. Nicholas Groves, M.A.L.S. and Fr. Serafim Baltic, Assistant Librarian.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Click on the site below to learn more:<\/span><\/p>

http:\/\/www.newgracanica.com\/english\/library.html<\/a><\/p>

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You will love some of the features of the Newberry Library in Illinois.<\/p>

http:\/\/www.newberry.org\/<\/a><\/p>

If you search their catalog for Serbian items,\u00a0you can read some of the old books right on line!<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 What a treat it was to read right from my computer here at home about WWI and the English Serbian Relief Committee, and see the illustrations and photos of the people from that war.<\/p>

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“Here is a feature coverage\u00a0 story regarding the late Mitchell Paige who died Nov. 15, 2003.\u00a0 Mitch+, an American Serb,\u00a0 was a Medal of Honor recipient from WWII with unbelievable exploits.”<\/span><\/p>


“The article was published in our Community Paper on June 26, 2008, just in time for Vidovdan.\u00a0\u00a0 Mitch’s mother always had the ‘Maid of Kosovo’ on her wall as I do in my office.”<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Papich
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Who was\/is G.I.Joe? More about Mitchell Paige<\/span><\/p>

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About the Serb National Federation, the Serbian Singing Federation, The Serbian Unity Congress, our Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in America, the American Serbian Club….<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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If you’re not a member of the\u00a0Serb National Federation (SNF)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0already, please consider the benefits of belonging to the oldest continuing Serbian organization in America.\u00a0 Since 1901…..
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Strong Leadership, most of it all Volunteer & Sincere!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>

Dan Pyevich passes baton to Pete Borkovich\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0Call the wonderful folks in Pittsburgh and introduce yourself.\u00a0 The phone number is\u00a0412-642-SERB<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0412-642-7372!<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Perhaps you’d like to subscribe to the\u00a0American SRBOBRAN<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0too!\u00a0 That way, you’ll be on the “same page” as us, no matter if you live in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Belgrade or Australia and everywhere else in between!\u00a0 Niko nema!
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Serbian and English section Editors Sasha Petrov and Sandi Radoja receive congratulations for garnering\u00a0BEST<\/strong><\/span><\/u>\u00a0Fraternal newspaper in 2001 from then SNF President, Dushan Lubenko.<\/span><\/p>

“The Serbs have developed a rich pattern of groups.\u00a0 The Serb National Federation, an insurance organization, has sought to push ethnic pride by using the slogan, ‘Niko Nema Sto Srbin Imade’. Roughly translated it means, ‘Nobody has what a Serb has…..’ .\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0It has taken the lead beyond what its name implies in sponsoring sports events-national basketball, golf, and bowling tournaments-and in organizing the annual Serbian Day picnic in Kennywood Park.”
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 4, 1973, p. 22<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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A Letter from Sarah, Jan. 15, 1990<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Sarah Maravich Sijacki wrote from Arcadia, California:\u00a0 “The American Srbobran comes as a visit from an old friend.\u00a0 The SNF does us a great service each issue with news from all over the world.\u00a0 The current events, for instance, deserve comment:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

As a reader I am grateful to Mimi Oparnica for the lovely article on my husband Dusan.\u00a0 The prayers and good wishes of so many has helped him to keep a positive attitude…. God bless you one and all for your concern.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Congratulations to Nick Radlick on his successful third term as Parma Heights Council President.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

The article by Milana Bizic (“Niko Nema Sto Srbin Imade”-Trip to Detroit for the 600th Anniversary of Kosovo American Celebration) was a joy to read….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

I am proud of my home towners SSS Petar Krstich of Steubenville on the trip to New York Cathedral of St. Sava….. new friends at the Cathderal and Elizabeth, NY….. you did us proud.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

The huge crowds at the SNF Mid-Winter Golf Tournament made me wish I could have been there…. congratulations to St. Sava Church of San Gabriel and SNF Lodge 85. Chairman Luka Pecel and his committee did a great job.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

The Serb National Federation, year after years, encourages friendship, good sportsmanship and love for each other through their national sports events.\u00a0 Thank God for this wonderful fraternal society! “<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Thank you, Sarah!\u00a0<\/p>


I’m one!\u00a0 Are you?\u00a0 Join the SNF!<\/p>

Call 412-462-7372 and ask how!<\/p>


\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Honored Pioneers at 40th Anniversary, 1946\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nikola Mamula, my grandfather, far right front row.<\/span><\/p>

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Who can ever forget Bill Drazich’s Serbian Crossword Puzzles in the SRBOBRAN?<\/p>


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All members in celebration of the coming together of the lodges in this 1926 Photo in front of the old Serb National Federation building on 3414 Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section. \u00a0As usual, my Baba is right in front. \u00a0My Mom and Dad are there too, as is Aunt Marty Belosh.<\/p>

Old Srbobran ALMANACS from the Past:<\/strong><\/p>

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