Graf

Hi Steve It is made by Austrian maker. As you noticed it might be not Shield The cross is typical Austrian made During Prince/King Ferdinand all Royal Bulgarian Orders were made mainly in Austria and smaller numbers in France There are single numbers made by Swiss or Hungarian makers King Ferdinand was not keen any Orders to be made by Bulgarian Makers He was crazy about quality. Cheers

Yes you are correct No Swords I do not know why i saw swords The time looks correct as well Cheers

Yes it is nice 5th Class Cross Austrian made in the beginning of last century Prince//King Ferdinand period War time awarded with swords in the middle Usually they are silver made -marked or unmarked If it is made by Shield the mark will be on the ribbon ring Price 150-180 Euro Cheers

Good Work Tony

Very nice photo Very nice photo The Commander of the Order of St Alexander is with swords in the middle -given at a war time

Thank you I forgot to clarify the "R' mark

Welcome back Yes ,This was my first thought

nice

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

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

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 !

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

Nice I have only one Commander -French made Never went for more Vatican decorations

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

There are very cheap one peace/part crosses on the market Thanks God they are marked with "R"

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

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

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

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

I agree and it will be with broader arms comparing to most of the 1914 EK2

Hi gjm, If want us to post pictures of people who were awarded and wearing them we have a topic that is going on

Yes it is common butchery They do the same with the 1929 crosses with round 3 - butcher very nice EK2 to convert to EK1

I agree However those crosses marked with the LDO - L/14 are very rare