Igor Ostapenko Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 simple, not rare silver medal document for medal I have signed photo of Major Panitza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 More of those medals with Document Graf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Happy to see first type medal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Graf and Igor Nice, the documents are infinitely rarer than the medal. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) The first type(s) medal is still baffling both collectors and researchers. Nothing is 'for sure' about this particular award. Edited October 10, 2016 by ilieff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Here's one of documents from my collection. It's similar to what Igor showed in first post, with some differences. It's for silver grade medal. This type is much rarer than more common type with fancy illustrations from Alexander (shown in post #2 by Graf). I was able to find only one copy of the smaller doc, while I have several large documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Hi all, These are not awarding documents in the classic sense of the word. Look at the dates when these were issued - Igor's document for example is well before the introduction of the first type medal. Issuing such document is a general practice of the Bulgarian military at that time. Veterans would request a special document to be issued (on behalf of their [former] military unit) which will state where and when they've fought. This document will then be used as a proof of their participation in the war - either for being eligible for decoration with war medals, or e.g. being eligible to get a veterans' pension. In both cases we have here, the overleaf of the document is used as an improvised awarding document, composed and signed by the regimental officials. Basically, the certificate for participation in the war has been converted into a '2in1' certificate/awarding diploma. This makes each document unique and extremely valuable from collector's point of view. As far as I know, the larger 'prettier' documents appear slightly later (during the Regency) - initially bearing the name of Prince Alexander I and later - that of Prince Ferdinand I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Thank you !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruiz Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I have only one. Is a very nice medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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