Post by rod222 on Aug 17, 2013 3:56:44 GMT
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YUGOSLAV PARTISANS ISSUE
In 1941 and 1942, Yugoslav Partisans, to carry on their War of Liberation against the
Nazi invaders, developed home-made arms. Now, many of the surviving examples of
such home-made arms are displayed in museums, reminding today's generation of the
struggle and sacrifices of 40 years ago. Within the planned long-term series of museum
exhibits, a set on 16th February showed home-made partisan arms of 1941 and 1942;
three of the weapons shown are from the Military Museum, Belgrade. The fourth, on the
top value, is from the Museum of the Revolution of the People of Croatia.
The set is two-colour offset by the State Mint in sheets of 25 comb perf. 131/4. The
subjects of the stamps were chosen by Lieutenant-Colonel Milutin Radivojevic of the
Belgrade Military Museum; Dusan Lucic designed the stamps:
3d.50 reddish-brown and black: 2kg. hand bomb made of concrete filled with dynamite
and scrap iron, made at the partisan workshop in Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in
1941. At that workshop the first such bomb was made on 5th August of that year.
5.60 dull green and black: long-barrelled precision rifle Partizanca, 7.9mm calibre,
assembled from parts of the Mauser M98 at the partisan factory at Uzice,
Serbia, in 1941, at the time of the Uzice Republic. Altogether, some 20,000 of these rifles
were manufactured.
. ochre and black: cannon made at the partisan workshop at Podgorje, Kordun (Croatia)
at the beginning of 1942. The cannon weighed 391/2 kg. with a calibre of 52mm; it fired
a 2.3kg. shell.
13d. purple and black: partisan tank, as made at the partisan workshop in Nebljusi in Lika
(Croatia) from March 1942. About four feet high and six feet in diameter, the tank
weighed little short of a ton. Its armour was 16mm thick; its armaments consisted of rifles
and machine-guns. It was propelled from the inside by the physical strength of the six
men who manned it.
Current CV Ebay $1
YUGOSLAV PARTISANS ISSUE
In 1941 and 1942, Yugoslav Partisans, to carry on their War of Liberation against the
Nazi invaders, developed home-made arms. Now, many of the surviving examples of
such home-made arms are displayed in museums, reminding today's generation of the
struggle and sacrifices of 40 years ago. Within the planned long-term series of museum
exhibits, a set on 16th February showed home-made partisan arms of 1941 and 1942;
three of the weapons shown are from the Military Museum, Belgrade. The fourth, on the
top value, is from the Museum of the Revolution of the People of Croatia.
The set is two-colour offset by the State Mint in sheets of 25 comb perf. 131/4. The
subjects of the stamps were chosen by Lieutenant-Colonel Milutin Radivojevic of the
Belgrade Military Museum; Dusan Lucic designed the stamps:
3d.50 reddish-brown and black: 2kg. hand bomb made of concrete filled with dynamite
and scrap iron, made at the partisan workshop in Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in
1941. At that workshop the first such bomb was made on 5th August of that year.
5.60 dull green and black: long-barrelled precision rifle Partizanca, 7.9mm calibre,
assembled from parts of the Mauser M98 at the partisan factory at Uzice,
Serbia, in 1941, at the time of the Uzice Republic. Altogether, some 20,000 of these rifles
were manufactured.
. ochre and black: cannon made at the partisan workshop at Podgorje, Kordun (Croatia)at the beginning of 1942. The cannon weighed 391/2 kg. with a calibre of 52mm; it fired
a 2.3kg. shell.
13d. purple and black: partisan tank, as made at the partisan workshop in Nebljusi in Lika
(Croatia) from March 1942. About four feet high and six feet in diameter, the tank
weighed little short of a ton. Its armour was 16mm thick; its armaments consisted of rifles
and machine-guns. It was propelled from the inside by the physical strength of the six
men who manned it.
Current CV Ebay $1
