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One of the previously mentioned fleur-de-lis magazines. It's not entirely clear what the exact circumstances of these mags were (Why are they made this way? Who made them? Where? When?), but they absolutely saw use in the wars in the Balkans.
Rather than the typical three thin strengthening ribs running along the sides of the magazines, it features just a large single one, and rather than a typical squared coil spring, it's a long zigzag leafspring.
They of course also bear the fleur-de-lis, or the "Bosnian Lily"
These showed up in the US in the 2000s, as surplus from after the war made its way over, piles of AK magazines were being sold all willy nilly, no sorting or anything, and real cheap, so you could buy a large batch of 100 magazines, and it was likely that you would get some unusual kinds, including one of these.
Some guys would order a batch of 100 like this, keep the cool magazines, and then send the other ones back for a refund, and then buy another batch of 100 like that. Retailers wised up to this though.
These days, a magazine like this can easily go for $200 or even $300
