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Hi Bayern,

Thank you

I am interested to know what is the Russian meaning of the world translated  into English

I have in my collection this Group :

Painting and Awards of unknown Navy Officer

From the Awards it appears that he served from The Napoleonic Period trough to Second Empire Period

Nice picture of the box

Good work

Hi JohanH,

I collect miniatures

Yes, there are some questionable miniatures on the market, however they are usually bad quality

Not all miniatures are marked.

I also suspect that many are privately made by request of the awarded person or their friends and family members, especially the luxury models

Nice GO  Star  by Wolfers

Nice Collection

Not Original, yes i have seen worse copies

Very nice ti0pic Those collections are wonderful

The Early Bulgarian Post Ottoman Period  they used  Russian made Shoulder Boards

Here are early Prince Alexander/ Prince Ferdinand items

The pouch is called "liadunka" I will be interested to know what is the meaning of this word

Something special

Hi ilieff,

Thank you for the pictures

The last Star, which according to Igor's Classification, is the 1st type. The design looks very different . Also the swords are different. Does that mean  the maker could be different We are not sure whether more makers were involved apart from Ivan Osipov.

Grand Cordon Star by Heremans

I am not surprised

The Star of the Grand Cross I posted earlier was sold for 1650 Euro plus 27% premium

Could have gone more if i did not stop bidding Sadly i missed it.

Hi Igor,

Original ribbon/sash for  Grand Cross is difficult to find, however not impossible ...just be patient

I recently managed to track the origin of the unusual swards of my Grand Cross Star

It was used by the Firm  Godet  Berlin for the Orders of one of the German States

When I did buy it few years ago from an Auction , the seller claimed to be German made

The back has different pin system and central plate On examination it did not look like the swards were added in later stage. It appear it was made this way i can only explain the different swards that they did not have the standard Bulgarian ones and used those instead for a German awarded person. the front central medallion is French type one

As a whole the body of the Star looks more German then French

OK

Now it is more clear

Simply the text was

6 hours ago, Igor Ostapenko said:

About museum in Sofia. 
 

We can this star ( “big laurels branches” ) with swords in museum 

but this star in awards group of general Genev, with neck cross of Scheid production 

on the photo of general Genev we can see star from Scheid too 

could it be a star from a photograph of Prince Ferdinand ? 

OK Now is clear

Simply i got confused because this text was under the photo of the General

Yes, it could be Ferdinand Star in the Museum in Sofia unless he had more then one

Cheers

Hi Igor,

Nice Awarding Document Congrats

That was much easier job then i expected. On the eMedals Auction the Star looked in a worse condition Well sometimes the pictures can give you a wrong impression

You got it on bargain price. He still is trying to sell the other Star for $7500  Congrats

The Star of General Genev is not from King Ferdinand photo It is later model

On 07/12/2021 at 06:40, Igor Ostapenko said:

Hi Peter, 

of course, it’s impossible to buy ALL  

 

I prefer to collect awards from Prince Alexander Battenberg period and ready to exchange another my Items for Items from 1880-1886 yy. 

That is great

Early  unusual Star by unknown maker

Nice and rare

I nice Star of the Order of the Crown by Wolfers

Star by Heremans

Hi Igor,

Now we have to find photos or/and Documents to support your Topic

Cheers

 Igor,

That is a great work

I am amazed how you can get all those Documents

It is obvious that your passion is the early Prince Alexander period and you focused your efforts on this period

BTW You managed to restore and clean this Star very well

Cheers