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Yes It is a pity that , again, this uncommon Document was matched with medals with more common ribbons Nevertheless , Rare Document. Congrats

Hi JustinH You are correct for the Military unit Can yo you post the medal. Usually this is very common award Document. However, this one is rare because this is for a medal with a black stripe on the middle and is given to the family of a person who was killed i during the war This document entitles the son of this soldier to wear the medal. i suppose some of the Bulgarian members can give us more information regarding the Regiment

Hi Ilieff , Thank you for the photo. Here is interesting photo What I can see , if not mistaken, some of the Soldier crosses were already on triangular ribbon,??!! Look the two young officers on the very bottom raw The ones on the right side

early models officers

More pictures one more

Still no clue whether the 1st and 3rd Class were awarded with crosses ribbons or they were added later on

Dutalis Military Division

Hi 922F, Thank you for the information. It is good enough He perhaps got the medal when he attended the Coronation of King George V.

Hi Ilieff, Nice awarding ceremony picture. The question is whether the 1st and 3rd Class with crossed ribbons was awarded with them or the horizontal ribbon was added later on Hi 922F Yes the topic is getting interesting Good notice. At the end of the day all Royals in Europe were related in some way The question is where King Boris IIi got the British King George V Coronation medal Here is interesting picture. Notice King Boris is wearing the Prussian Order Pour Le Merite (Blue MaX)

Hi Balkan Collector, Thank you for the comments

French made Military Division Knight Marked with "boar head' for silver

That is a picture of General Popoff from the Bulgarian archives

Hi Ilieff, very nice picture Here is General Savov with nice Oder of St Alexander with swords above the crown

Hi Chuck, I am not sure who is the maker It is very nicely made slightly vaulted Both 1st and 2nd Class Crosses are marked "800" for silver. Do not forget that those high ranking officers had more then one awards Recently I was offered a medal bar, supposedly owned by this General. However the seller did not provide a good provenance and he wanted a price that i did not feel comfortable with. I declined the offer. The General was also awarded 4th and 3rd Classes of the Bulgarian Order for Bravery Interesting fact is that the one of the documents is the General's Secondary school Diploma. In one of the letters, to his wife he wrote that he was just promoted as General and also he just was awarded the Second Class with War decoration of Austrian Military Merit Cross.

Hi New World, I agree with you That was the rule. However in this crazy World and crazy times anything is possible. Just the fact that he sold most of his family decorations on Auction in London instead of giving to the Country that made them Kings it is bad enough. Also I have seen many of civilians wearing their late family members decorations during Victory Day Parades ..They never were involved in any combat. I have seen few actors during the Oscars doing the same thing. So for a Monarch to wear one of family luxury Decorations (with Diamonds) does not surprise me at all

Thanks Dond

Hi ItwinVince, Thank you for the comments Yes, I was lucky to get this Grouping with the Documents signed by Generalfeldmarschall Von Mackensen

and one more Luftwaffe Reichsmarshall Hermann Georing in Bulgaria with what i can see Grand cross Star of the Order of St Alexander

Thank you Ilieff, Here is another interesting picture Post War 2 Bulgarian Leader Georgi Dimitrov greating Group of Bulgarian generals They were wearing the Bravery Order Stars I suppose 3rd Class

Here is a nice Iron Cross Grouping to a Bulgarian General with supportive Documents and field letters to his wife

HI Ilieff, Well informed as usual. Here are couple of interesting pictures of the current royal family. I suppose the wedding photo is several years old. Who is the old lady on the picture/ Also recent photo i did buy recently with King Simeon with signature.