Yugoslavia: A documented Partisan’s Medal for Bravery awarded to First Lieutenant Ugliesa Zivanovic, 8th Shock Brigade of the People’s Liberation Army of Vojvodina. His unit being formed on 11th September 1944 and taking part in the fighting in the along the Drava river and along the Danube as well as later taking part in the advance after the capture of Osijek.
Yugoslavia: Partisans’ Medal for Bravery along with it’s identification card numbered 2690 issued to First Lieutenant Ugljesa Zivanovic and dated 24th December 1944
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
Awarded to First Lieutenant Ugljesa Zivanovic, Political Commissar in a platoon of the 4th Platoon of the Partisan Units of Vojvodina. This with the stamp of the HQ of the 8th Shock Brigade of the People’s Liberation Army of Vojvodina.
The 8th Vojvodina Shock Brigade was formed on 11th September 1944 in the Jabuka area from the Fruska Gora NOP detachment, defected Home Guardsmen and new fighters. It had about 790 fighters in three battalions. By the end of October, it was under the direct command of the Main Headquarters of the NOV Vojvodina.
It fought in southeastern Srem where it would attack German forces and communications during their retreat across Srem to the west, and then in the Belegis and Surduk regions, before joining forces with the Red Army and helping liberate Banat on 9th October 1944. It would then be divided into two groups and would take part in harassing the German retreat towards Subotica and Novi Sad and after repelling a German attack from units based in Hungary on 31st October it had 5 battalions, a cavalry squadron and an anti-tank artillery division with over 2,000 fighters.
It would subsequently become part of the 51st Vojvodina Division, and would be sent to the left bank of the Danube in Hungary later taking part in the Battle of Batina and in the liberation of Baranja. From mid-December it operated on the Drava river from the confluence with the Danube to the village of Tvrdavica. It would spend the next few months fighting along the Drava and in the defence of the Virovitica bridgehead and would later take part in the advance through Podravina after the liberation of Osijek
The unit was disbanded at the end of February 1946 having received the Order of Merit for the People and the Order of Brotherhood and Unity for its wartime acts. Two members of the Brigade received the Order of the People’s Hero, these being Korica Kovac and Lazar Markovic Cada.
