Milunka Savic postcard

This is a postcard of Milunka Savic, of the Serbian Army. Her military career began when her brother received call-up papers for the First Balkan War of 1912. She went in his place, cutting her hair short and wearing mens clothing. She was wounded at the Battle of Bregalnica, hit in the chest, and medical examination showed her to be a woman rather than an-expected man. Because of her military rec…