Krajina Serb Knindza Serb Paramilitary Unit Green Tiger Pattern Beret

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Krajina Serb Knindza Serb Paramilitary Unit Green Tiger Pattern Beret
The
Kninjas
(
Serbian
:
Книнџе / Knindže
), also known as the
Red Berets
(
Црвене беретке / Crvene beretke
), was a Serb paramilitary unit, a volunteer militia supporting the
Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina
in the
Croatian War
(1991–95). It was based in
Knin
, the capital of breakaway
SAO Krajina
that became the
Republic of Serb Krajina
(RSK). It was led by Serbian-Australian
Dragan Vasiljković
(born 1954), known as "Captain Dragan". It was one of several notable Serb paramilitary units, alongside the
White Eagles
,
Arkan
's
Tigers
, the
Falcons
, and others. Vasiljković, who had served in the Australian army, had returned to Yugoslavia in 1990 during the Croatian independence movement, eventually being hired as an instructor for volunteers in the summer of 1991. At this time, Belgrade daily
Politika
published a comic book named
The Demons Return
that featured the Kninjas fighting the Croats with
martial arts
.
Size: 58
Weight: 100g
ITEM CONDITION AS ON THE PICTURES,USED.
ITEM NO. k89
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