Igor Ostapenko

3 hours ago, Igor Ostapenko said:

How we can know ?

Thank you, Graf  

but in this case - order with box come from Italian family 

new Item in collection  

How we can know - 2nd class from 1908 or 2nd-3rd class before 1908 ? 

See crown on the order and date 

 you must to go to your local juveler !!! 

I like your merit medals !!! 

I see 1916 

Bad quality of pictures ... 

Can you ask good pictures from mr. Manov ? 

( and picture of reverse of 1st type Red Cross Badge and of box  ) 

Yes Graf  

These boxes are similar !  

On 29 בנובמבר 2017 at 19:38, ilieff said:

Hi all,

I hope it's not too off-topic but I wanted to contribute a little bit more to the discussion about crown variations...

I came across this interesting letter (unfortunately, only a screengrab, as it was part of a video) which has been sent to prime-minister Stambolov, asking him to approve the new design of the 100 Leva gold coin. In the letter the unknown bureaucrat complains that the Prince (Ferdinand I) has 'yet again changed the shape of the crown'.

He writes: 'Two years ago, it used to be like so [first icon from the letter], then it became [second icon], later it changed to [third icon] and now it's [fourth icon]' [...] and then gives some further details.

This is a fairly informal letter and not directly linked to phaleristics, but it clearly shows that the frequent experiments with the appearance of the Bulgarian crown which have been initiated about 1890 and, for a brief period, there have been many iterations, most of which (if not all) have been directly influenced by the Monarch. 

And just for visual reference, here's the final result of the 1894 golden coin:

http://www.bulgariancoins.com/re_BGCoinImages/1262963593_1894100LevaObverse.jpg

 

Regards,

Ilieff

 

Coin from 1894 , but we have phaleristic Item from 1893 year 

( I have only picture  ) 

sorry, not have best resolution of photo 

it’s not similar boxes 

Picture from internet 

from museum too

bad picture of awards from museum 

This is 3rd class cross

In 1880 there were three degrees of the cross - two gold and one degree of the silver cross. 
In 1885, the Prince added a fourth-degree cross and all veterans who received a cross in 1880 added a bow to the ribbon of the cross. 

Russian medal in silver was presented to all veterans who fought on Shipka.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shipka_Pass 

Great !!! 

http://ak-group.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=18200 

19 hours ago, AlexLev said:

So, according to the aforementioned journal, this medal was minted also by Carl Poellath Munz- und Pragewerk Schrobenhausen (old and famous German mint company).

I will add  L. CHR. LAUER from Nurnberg for first silver medals 1908 y. 

If you can read Russian - see on russian forum 

http://ak-group.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=18182 

On 17 באפריל 2017 at 10:49, Igor Ostapenko said:

and - some producer , another unique Item for Bulgarian collection  

Some badge sold in Germany

"little head" 1st Telge variation have silvermark  SILBER 990  an 12 o'clock 

"big head" 2nd Telge variation have silvermark an 4 o'clock 

my favorite , from Austria 

12 minutes ago, AlexLev said:

What is the name of the book? Need to translate this text from German (which I know not very good), but I have seen some mistakes already, for instance, the medal was introduced in 1881, not in 1883...