Igor Ostapenko

gold grade “little head” P.TELGE sold by Victor 

http://bulgarianorders.com/i-166-1908-bulgaria-royal-merit-order-gold-1c-yelge.html 

I think- this is original order first class ! 

How many gold grade orders were awarded ? 

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two variation of order “ForMerit” with signature of P. Telge -

first “little head” and  “big head” 

Signature. differents

10 hours ago, new world said:

I would leave it alone, patina adds character.

http://bulgarianorders.com/i-425-1899-bulgaria-royal-merit-ag-medal-cyl-hook-2.html

wash soap with a brush, place a copper medal in a Coca-Cola for 25-30 minutes, silver for an hour, then rinse with water and dry with a napkin

( you can try with simple medals ) 

13 hours ago, Yankee said:

YOUNG FERDINAND

Very good medal , rare variant !!! 

But ... you must clean this Item  

I find in web picture of  "gold" Order 

Hi Ilieff, 

Thank you for great pictures ! 

New for me - little orders  

May be you make photo of Orders after 1908 y. ? 

Hi Ilieff, 

thank you for great photo !!! 

I will post your photo of some medal ( from another topic ) 

p.s. May be you have photos of Order of Merit from museum ? 

3000 GBP for original order ?

On 29 באוקטובר 2016 at 17:41, V.Vazov said:

Hello,

It is known that the 1941 emission has as well a "doctors" cross with no swords, as in the picture below from a catalogue.

Has anyone seen it? If someone is able to, would you post some photos of it?

Many thanks!

Vazov

1944-45 yy. 

On 10 באוקטובר 2016 at 03:21, Yankee said:

Thanks for the speedy reply and sharing the fotos.  To see a Saint George, Red Eagle & Saint Vladimir w/swds from the Russo/Turkis War is awesome.

we can see this medalsbar in Sofia 

we need best pictures  

I have Academy badge with letters AH - unknown juwelier from Petersburg 

Yes, I have only GK ... 

Many another orders, but all was unkomplect - stars without cross or cross wothout star . 

In this eBay store from Madrid 

 http://stores.ebay.es/Numismatica-Mayor-25/_i.html?_nkw=Presidente&submit=Buscar&LH_TitleDesc=1&_sid=993240000 

Russian 56 for gold (14K)

Yes, like Russian order 

On 1 באוקטובר 2017 at 14:19, new world said:

These are so nice!

Do you have variation with a chain, the rarest one?

No  

two early medals for merit ( Telge ) 

silver with silver mark 990 on the rim , 

"gold" with a sewn ribbon and a medal hung on a sealed gold wire

Only silver 2nd class

On 30.07.2016 at 20:41, paja said:

I stumbled upon this remarkable photo on ebay.

 

His right side:
1) Montenegrin Order of Danilo
2) French Legion of Honor 
3) Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
4) Romanian Star

Around the neck: Russian Order of St. George 

His left side:
1) Austro-Hungarian Order of St. Stephen
2) Order of Takovo
3) Russian Order of St. Andrew?
4) Ottoman Order of Osmanieh 
5) Austro-Hungarian Order of Leopold
6) ???

Medals:
7) Wars for Liberation and Independence Commemorative Medal
8) Romanian Medal of Military Virtue
9) Romanian Defenders of Independence Medal 1877-78

Photo was made in Novi Sad, part of Austria-Hungary back then. Based on that I think he's most likely wearing sash of the Order of St. Stephen. My guess is that the photo was made in the early 1880s.

Some photo ?

from Kuenker 

From benemerenti - some silvered cross 

From bulgarianorders.com - few "gold" awards 

From austrian auction 

Few Items from Kuenker 

http://embed.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/12925 

golden medal with crown 

badge for british soldier medic for 1912-13 wars , sold on DNW 

Orderly J. R. Waight, British Royal Red Cross Society

1914 Star (J. R. Waight, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (J. R. Wright, B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.) note variation in surname; British Red Cross Society Balkan War Medal, 1 clasp, Bulgaria, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1912, reverse inscribed, ‘John R. Waight’, with brooch bar, ‘Balkan War 1912-13’, enamel damage; Bulgaria, Medal of Merit, with royal crown suspension, Ferdinand I, bronze, unnamed; Bulgarian Red Cross Badge of Honour, silver-gilt and enamel, pin-backed, good very fine except where stated (6)

https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=225856

On 6 באוגוסט 2017 at 17:23, Igor Ostapenko said:

Mini of Alexander, silver, gold center, 18 mm

 

with gold mini 15 mm