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    Graf

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    1. Welcome in the Club It is interesting badge It is better to list it in the North Europe Section Regards Graf
    2. Graf

      Legion of Honor

      Hi Welcome to the Club, Very likely the front medallion was lost and who ever repaired the Orders attached what he had in hand Those medallions get detached/lost quite often, since they are hold in place only by a stiky wax On close inspection, in my opinion the blue and the white colours central medallion were re-enameled and they made a mistake The white enamel of the cross also was repaired
    3. That is a nice information That is possible as well Only the man in the photo can give us the correct answer Good Work Steve !
    4. Very nice observation Interesting photo indeed I suspect that if his wife passed away he decided to carry on the her legacy. As you see the ribbon is a lady version
    5. Nice I have only one Commander -French made Never went for more Vatican decorations
    6. Yes, interesting cross I can contribute the short swards as a maker error That does not make it more expensive then the others, unless someone wants to have it in their collection and is willing to pay extra Nice observation Cheers
    7. There are very cheap one peace/part crosses on the market Thanks God they are marked with "R"
    8. Not the best quality As Igor said in his words it was awarded to low ranking military persons and the quality was not at the best Quite common cross, although I have seen crosses which were very questionable Cheers
    9. That is nice and with Original box Congrats It is nice that younger people start collecting 17 Wow that is very young ..and already have a nice rare "bird" in your collection Collecting is not only fun, but also keep the history alive I do not have face book, Also i want to keep it as it is Best regards
    10. Yes, it is sad that families from one or other reason depart from such items Every time when i am approached by family members for opinion whether to sell or to keep similar items I do my best to convince them to keep them.Their are significant part from the family history Once gone they are gone
    11. I have 6th Class of the Order for Military merit with crown with flat reverse Congrats I think the 6th Classes from both Orders are quite rare
    12. I agree and it will be with broader arms comparing to most of the 1914 EK2
    13. Hi gjm, If want us to post pictures of people who were awarded and wearing them we have a topic that is going on
    14. Yes it is common butchery They do the same with the 1929 crosses with round 3 - butcher very nice EK2 to convert to EK1
    15. I agree However those crosses marked with the LDO - L/14 are very rare
    16. Nice Work Steve. Very interesting person he was moved around in different positions From the decorations it looked he only has been involved in direct military actions in the early stages of his military service Most of the time he was on different organizational positions in the army
    17. Hi Egorka Correct translation Well Done That is the Grand Officer or Second Class of the Bulgarian Order for Military Merit In the Document it was not mentioned whether the Order was with War decoration, therefore it can be assumed that it was without it and that is the 1915-1918 Commemorative Medal
    18. Hi Ilieff, Good points. I also was tempting to mention that this issue was given beyond 1918 during the early years of King Boris III However Laurentius request was -" I need to confirm (somehow) that he received the Bulgarian Civil Merit Order somewhere around 1900-1920." That is why I tried to confirm that the Order was very likely given during King Ferdinand period Regards Graf
    19. Number 5 is 100% : General-leytenant (Lieutenant General) Nikola Petkov Hadzhipetkov, Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army (10 December 1938-11 August 1941)
    20. Welcome to the Club. It is a pity you cannot post any photos of the cross Here are pictures of the very first emission l of the soldiers cross it is made from silver The swards are normal size You can come across from time to time with some small variations of the different models of the cross however those variations could be explained with some errors during the making of the crosses
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