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Hi, I just came across of a very rare Set of Order Georgi Dimitrov given to a Polish Head of State What is also interesting The Order is numbered to match the number of the Awarding Document Also for the first time I can see detailed information of the materials We know that those late orders were made from 14 Carat Gold, however i have never seen a detailed information Also we know that only the first several hundred were numbered - the first 300 by a machine struck and the next Lot from 301 were hand written It is for first time an evidence that in late stages the orders were numbered if they were awarded to a very high ranking State people ,like in this case

Nice It will be nice to ID the Bulgarian general

Thank Steve for the additional information

On the second set of pictures The red ribbon with white stripe is for the Medal of Military Merit and was awarded to military men The Ribbon of the Medal for patriotic War 1944-1945 had a black stripe on the middle when the medal was given post mortem. ( posthumously ).

Hi Bill, The medal was instituted on 15 June 1948 Initially was named Medal for participation in the Partisan Movement The name was change by Decree on December 1950 to a medal for Participation in the Anti-Fascist Struggle. The Medal came in one class and to be given only once to participants in the struggle against fascism and capitalism The medal was worn on the left breast suspended from a triangular ribbon. For the participants in the War against Germany, after Bulgaria switched sides, another Medal was awarded The Medal for patriotic War 1944-1945 The Medal was instituted By a Directive-Law on 9 of September 1945 This medals was given to all participants from 9 September 1944 till 9September 1945. It was awarded also Allied Armies servicemen The deadline for the awarding was set by 31 December 1950 I hope this will help Graf

Christian IX Badge in gold Denmark is not my area however i got this one and couple of miniatures

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Nice

Very nice

At what point the hallmarks were made mandatory?

Very nice

This officer has the cross by Dutalis however the crown is replaced by one made by Buls (first type 1839-1845 model) Note click on the attachment below the second pitcure in the previous listing. For some reason I cannot load the picture in the attachment Leopold2.bmp

Hi Igor, Nice cross and very unusual one. As far as I know all officers at that period were made by J.G. Dutalis from 18 Carat Gold The knight crosses were made from silver with 18 carat gold central medallions. Leopold2.bmp

Nice information. Yes it is a nice Set Price? Most Collectors prefer the models with French text only --made prior to 1951. Personally, I restructure my Belgium Collection few times and sold all my items made after 19 That mean this Set could anything around 1500+ EURO Nevertheless very nice Set Congrats

Amazing

Like Großadmiral Erich Raede holdin the batton

Hi, I need a help for a site or source for identifying the the period of Swedish Order and the models associated . I had save a good site, however for some reason it is gone from my PC. I have those two Grand Crosses badges made of Gold, however both are not marked It look that they are made in the period/s when the hallmarking was optional I suspect, also that the Officer badge of the Order of the sword is from the same period Regards Graf

Rare French made Order of Leopold with French hallmark for Gold

Police Academy Badge

Nice Very nice

Very nice Congrats