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Serbian 'Milos Obilic' Gold and Silver Medals for Bravery
Serbian 'Milos Obilic' medals
Milos Obilic was a Serbian knight who, legend has it, was captured by the Ottoman Turks at the end of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Presented as a prisoner of war to Sultan Murad I, Obilic produced a hitherto-hidden dagger and stabbed and killed the Sultan, an act for which Obilic was beheaded. There is a Serbian proverb that states that the glory of ancestors should not prevent a man from winning…
Contributors
- Špiro Vranješ
Subject
- World War I
- Manufacture
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-06-04 16:04:15 UTC
- 2015-06-04
- 2015-06-04
Places
- Balkans
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 19943
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/19943
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:44:19.513Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z