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Same seller who listed fantasy St Alexander star also sells high classes of other Bulgarian orders - cross of 1st class of Bravery, 1st class set of St Alexander with swords, 2nd classes of St Alexander and Military Merit. His photos are small and it's difficult to say for sure whether the awards are real or not, however the boxes look highly suspect and remind me of boxes from fake sets offered in recent past by infamous seller from Bulgaria (we discussed his sets earlier in this thread). St Alexander 1cl Bravery Mil Merit 2cl

it's a good thing that quality of these Chinese Bravery crosses is quite bad, they will not be fooling collectors. These are more of souvenirs IMHO.

True, but considering that these medals were given in late 1930s, by that time families already knew their soldiers didn't make it back from the war.

these are nice! Fairly uncommon, congrats!

nice!

Many awards were converted by removing screw post and replacing it with a pin. You can see remains of screw post in the center. It was driven by practical consideration, as people didn't want to damage their clothes by making a hole in them. Screw post attachment was practical during war time and was quite secure to assure that you don't lose the medal, but as the was ended people started to care about nice clothes.

IMHO the shapes were different because Yugoslavia was a socialist country and wanted to have their own marks

Nice and rare award! Thank you for sharing!

Not sure you'd get the badge for donating such small amount. In 1915 1 US dollar = 6.50 Kr. $1 in 1915 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $31.22 today. 3 Kr would be worth about $15 in modern money.

could it be that the Austrian Committee helped to procure the badges for Bulgarians and cardboard with name and price from manufacturer just lists the price the Bulgarian Red Cross was paying for these badges?

Text on the cardboard says something like "Austrian auxiliary committee for Bulgarian Red Cross". Not sure what that means. Perhaps Austrian and Bulgarian Red Cross organizations worked together during the WWI and this cross was to award people who excelled in this work?

Couple of Princess Nadezhda wedding photos, she's wearing the same St Alexander cross with swords. Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg, son of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, married Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, the youngest daughter of Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and Princess Marie Louise of Parma, in Bad Mergentheim on this day January 24, in 1924, 100 years ago. Royal Guests and Relatives included Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Princess Eudoxia, and Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria-Teschen, Duchess of Württemberg, Duke Robert of Württemberg and Archduchess Maria Immaculata of Austria-Tuscany. Princess Nadezhda wore a Diamond Bandeau and a Köchert Diamond Necklace along with the spectacular French Crown Pearl Brooch

This is also her award, from Kuenker:

It's the bar he's wearing in this photo:

It's definitely Bulgarian award. It's made in Austria though.