ilieff Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) Hi all, I thought we need a separate thread for interesting photographs and portraits, rather than putting such images in between discussions of other threads. I hope you'd agree. Here's the first one: Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria (probably photographed after his abdication) wearing a modest set of three decorations on his chest: bravery order (4th class) - interesting example - perhaps one of those mythical French-made ones (due to the swords) Voluntary corps medal of 1881- interesting because the Prince wasn't really eligible to be decorated with it but apparently he was medal for the war with Serbia (1886) - not sure whether this is indeed this particular medal (could be something foreign). This fact poses the question whether the Prince received a 'replacement' 2nd type medal (like the rest) or stuck with the 1st type. The answer to this question would perhaps solve the myth of the 'ribbon of different colour' for the 1st type. and The star - Order of Leopold with swords (not that interesting but very untypical), though at first glance I took it for a Bravery order star Thanks Ilieff Edited November 15, 2017 by ilieff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi, The Order for bravery looks like the one with the lilies The The Order of Leopold Grand Cordon Star -Military Division is a very nice an early model It is typical shape here are pictures of similar Star Also some unusual pictures of French generals wearing Bulgarian Order for Military Merit -not very common Graf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Here's another one: This is how some Bulgarian priests used to wear their medals - suspended at the neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Interesting that they misspelled General Hirschauer's name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 On 15.11.2017 at 21:29, ilieff said: Hi all, I thought we need a separate thread for interesting photographs and portraits, rather than putting such images in between discussions of other threads. I hope you'd agree. Here's the first one: Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria (probably photographed after his abdication) wearing a modest set of three decorations on his chest: bravery order (4th class) - interesting example - perhaps one of those mythical French-made ones (due to the swords) Voluntary corps medal of 1881- interesting because the Prince wasn't really eligible to be decorated with it but apparently he was medal for the war with Serbia (1886) - not sure whether this is indeed this particular medal (could be something foreign). This fact poses the question whether the Prince received a 'replacement' 2nd type medal (like the rest) or stuck with the 1st type. The answer to this question would perhaps solve the myth of the 'ribbon of different colour' for the 1st type. and The star - Order of Leopold with swords (not that interesting but very untypical), though at first glance I took it for a Bravery order star Thanks Ilieff Great photo !!! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Few photos with medals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 from eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Nice one Graf. This is General Draganov just a year priot to his death. Edited November 21, 2017 by ilieff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 On 18/11/2017 at 11:43, Igor Ostapenko said: Great photo !!! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Few photos with medals Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon Parma ;first wife of the then Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria . mother of King Boris and Prince Kyrill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) Portrait of a lady, wearing some of her awards as men usually do. Not too sure why Edited November 25, 2017 by ilieff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) Image below, among many others, suggests that Post 10 appears to be a portrait of the formidable Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Ferdinand's mother. He is reputed to have composed the inscription on her gravesite memorial, "King's daughter, no Queen herself, yet King's mother." This may explain her award display. Edited November 25, 2017 by 922F spelck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) 922F, Portrait on Post #10 is not of King's mother, but of Anastasia Tosheva. She was famous Bulgarian teacher, volunteer during Russian-Turkish war, director of girls school Stara Zagora and mother of famous WWI General Stefan Toshev. https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Анастасия_Тошева Edited November 25, 2017 by new world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Thanks for the correction--Princess Clémentine probably would have worn other awards as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 The King in a Nazi fieldmarshal's uniform. By the way, note the large Maltese cross at the bottom - this is the decoration which I still cannot identify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) 12 hours ago, ilieff said: The King in a Nazi fieldmarshal's uniform. By the way, note the large Maltese cross at the bottom - this is the decoration which I still cannot identify. That's very unusual photo! Ferdinand was promoted to the Fieldmarshal rank on 18 January 1916: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_field_marshals#cite_note-Matthews-95 Here he wears WWII period Fieldmarshal uniform. This means his Imperial rank was transferred to and recognized by Nazi period German army. Edited November 27, 2017 by new world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 11 hours ago, new world said: This means his Imperial rank was transferred to and recognized by Nazi period German army. Perhaps yes, perhaps not. Either way, it was more of an honorary title in these years, as opposed to WW1 period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 that Nazi uniform looks odd on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 3 hours ago, new world said: that Nazi uniform looks odd on him I agree. By the way, here's another image of a person with a 'lily' order for bravery (looks like the lower-quality variation). This is a Petar Baklov, commercial trader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Here is a nice photo of Queen Eleonora wearing her Red Cross Badge Look the size of it Plus a man with decorations The man is not known to me Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 27/11/2017 at 12:37, ilieff said: Perhaps yes, perhaps not. Either way, it was more of an honorary title in these years, as opposed to WW1 period. Some old Austro Hungarian Generals received honorary ranks in the German Wehrmacht .for example Eduard von Bohm Ermolli who was granted the rank of German Feldmarschall. anther example was Freiherr von Balldorf promoted first to wehrmacht lieutenant general and then to General der infanterie . King Ferdinand must have received the same recognition .Hitler during his table conversations expressed his high steem for the King.who after WW1 returned to his ancestral home in Germany. Ferdinand was roman catholic . so the cross over his left lower side must be a Maltese Order one and not the Cross of the Johanitter Order common among lutherans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) Nikola Kostov - I presume he's the youngest 'soldier' to be decorated with a bravery cross (just 10 years old at that time). Supposedly, he was decorated with the 3rd class but my suspicion is that it's actually the 4th class. http://img.bg.sof.cmestatic.com/media/images/600x/Nov2017/2111504043.jpg Edited December 11, 2017 by ilieff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol I Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Can anyone identify the collar worn by PM Petru Groza in this photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Gen. Racho Petrov with nice early examples of orders and [what appears to be] a gold grade of the Order of Merit [Ferdinand]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 awesome photo! What award is his shoulder sash for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilieff Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 4 hours ago, new world said: awesome photo! What award is his shoulder sash for? I assume it's the St. Alexander Grand Cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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