This skull insignia just came in from Serbia. It was described as a WWII Chetnik Cockard for Gen.Draza Mihajlovic troops. Originally I thought it was a collar insignia as worn by Četnik (Assault) units of the regular Yugoslav army like the first photo below. When i received it I realized it was much larger and more than likely a cap badge as described. The other photo next to it shows Četnik guerrillas with skulls on their caps, the last one on the right has a similar metal cap device. This probably makes more sense because the regular troops wore a standard M1939 cap emblem. i stiil can't rule it out as a collar insignia just because of it's size. The larger anatomically correct skull to the left of it is a Spanish Cavalry collar insignia that also served as a cap badge
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