Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic. A Memorial Medal of the VIS, c. 1955 visually-hidden and assumed power in Croatia

and assumed power in Croatia

and became one of the most highly decorated officers

award loops

consisting of eight insignia which bears the initials "AB" (Andrés Bello) in bronze gilt with red and navy blue enamels

the tab is backed with beige buckram backing (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue)

Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic. A Memorial Medal of the VIS, c. 1955 visually-hidden and assumed power in Croatia(Spomen Medalja VIS). Instituted in 1965 by Josip Broz Tito (c. 1955 issue). A circular medal constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse with a stylized picture of the island of Vis with a view of the Viskovo Harbour, circumscribed Vistvcrdava Revolucije Gdje je Tito tu Je Pobjeda (Vistvcrdava Revolution Where Tito is, there is Victory) in capitalized letters, the reverse plain but with a central banner inscribed Tude Necemo Svoje ne Damo (We wont go