Serbia, Republic. An Autonomous Oblast (Serbian Territory In Croatia), Serbian Knight Badge, Ii Class, C. 1992, Prototype Newly Listed one retaining both reverse attachment

one retaining both reverse attachment prongs and one retaining one of two prongs

is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

most likely of the Reconnaissance branch

62 mm x 57

Ontario on October 19

Serbia, Republic. An Autonomous Oblast (Serbian Territory In Croatia), Serbian Knight Badge, Ii Class, C. 1992, Prototype Newly Listed one retaining both reverse attachmentThree piece construction, in silvered and gilt cupro nickel with red, white and blue enamels, centrepiece illustrating a Serbian white cross framed by four "fire striker" shapes (originally four Greek letters beta), inscribed "" (Serbian) above and "" (Knight) below, fronting an enamelled cross, mounted to an eight pointed star base with a large enamelled blue circular disk in the centre, measuring 65 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), maker marked "GOSI BEOGRAD"