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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 99754, member: 44"]<font size="5"><font face="Verdana">Hmmmm... a Slobodan Milošević avatar</font>! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> The symbols on the ring range from top left: an angel holding a scale in left hand or a winged something with farm animals (goose, pig..) at his feet??; top middle: crowned eagle; top right: guardian angel leading a child; bottom left: 2 crosses separated by a wing; bottom middle some sort of a coat-of-arms with crosses in top left field, bottom left: 4 crosses, full right side of diamonds/spears/?; bottom right: looks like a saint with a staff in his right hand and carrying a child in his left arm - possibly St. Christopher. None of these symbols/heraldic devices seem to be used in the the coat-of-arms of Belgrade, Yugoslavia or any of the entities that made up Yugoslavia like Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, etc....</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Yugoslavia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Yugoslavia" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Yugoslavia</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">As that corner of the world was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, I'm surprised that the eagle isn't a double headed. I have gone on and on with possible description of the ring with absolutely no help on IDing it. Sorry.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">--- Susan</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 99754, member: 44"][SIZE=5][FONT=Verdana]Hmmmm... a Slobodan Milošević avatar[/FONT]! :( The symbols on the ring range from top left: an angel holding a scale in left hand or a winged something with farm animals (goose, pig..) at his feet??; top middle: crowned eagle; top right: guardian angel leading a child; bottom left: 2 crosses separated by a wing; bottom middle some sort of a coat-of-arms with crosses in top left field, bottom left: 4 crosses, full right side of diamonds/spears/?; bottom right: looks like a saint with a staff in his right hand and carrying a child in his left arm - possibly St. Christopher. None of these symbols/heraldic devices seem to be used in the the coat-of-arms of Belgrade, Yugoslavia or any of the entities that made up Yugoslavia like Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, etc.... [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Yugoslavia[/URL] As that corner of the world was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, I'm surprised that the eagle isn't a double headed. I have gone on and on with possible description of the ring with absolutely no help on IDing it. Sorry.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]--- Susan[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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