Igor Ostapenko

MG Ivan Fichev , white cross on the neck , without star of Order 

R.I.P.

 

Hi Igor

 

The crown before 1908 was princely one - French and Austrian Type ... 

Best

Graf

 

 

Hi Graf,

place in box for crown of order princely type 

and place in box for crown of my order 3-rd class 

Best Regards, 

Igor 

 

Igor,

Thank you for the photos, but these are for Military Merit order and there were no questions that it had tsar crown from the inception (before 1908).

Yes, aggree   

next - pictures from http://bulgariandecorations.com/pdf 

 1st and 3rd class - white crosses ! 

Order for Merit and Medal for Merit 

some medal from Graf  collection 

https://www.emedals.com/auctions/bulgaria-kingdom-a-military-order-of-bravery-knight-grand-officer-c-1900

Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Military Order of Bravery, Knight Grand Officer, c.1900

(Военна ордена на смелостта, Гранд Крос). Instituted in 1880. Type II. A white enameled Maltese cross with crossed swords, obverse centre with crowned Bulgarian lion on red enamel, green enamel surround, reverse centre with cipher of Price Alexander of Battenberg on a red enameled backing, green enamel surround with 1879 date, measuring 58.5 mm (w) x 85.5 mm (h - inclusive of its crown suspension), intact enamels, extremely fine.

now for sale 

NEW! 'Gold' Medal for Bravery (Milos Obilic), used in the Balkan War/WW1 period as award to Officers for battlefield bravery. Very attractive and numbered by hand engraving 'N.17' (bottom of reverse). We have only seen 2 numbered examples of similar medal in the past 40 years. It is said to be possible to conduct research on the recipient in Serbian sources but we will leave this to the new owner. Clearly, this was an early award. Medal in worn yet good condition. Remarkable, original ribbon is also worn and shows age and typical Swiss construction (ribbons used by the firm of Huguenin in Le Locle were of rather poor weave and threads separated easily). 36mm in diameter. This would make an excellent addition to any Serbian/WW1 medal collection. Item # Ser-43 (225) Additional image.

$225.00

Lt. General Янко Драганов , without 1908 cross 

with 1908 cross 

General Христо Рачев Попов 

without 1908 Indepence cross on medalsbar 

General Иван Тодоров Попов 

without 1908 cross too 

http://www.museumsmolyan.eu/gallery_serafim.html 

Народен орден „За военна заслуга” ІV степен (Офицерски кръст) и Грамота за него. Връчени на полк. Владимир Серафимов „за непорочна служба и извънредни заслуги във военно време“, Инв. № № К – 314–1, К – 314 – 2. 
People`s Order “For Military Merit”, IV class (Officer`s Cross) and Charter. Presented to Colonel Vladimir Serafimov for “immaculate service and special merit” at war time.Inv. No К – 314–1, К – 314 – 2.

Жельо Георгиев Попов 

photo from 1907 y. 

On 22 בדצמבר 2017 at 19:17, Veljko said:

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Hi i actually made some changes and i think that this is 99% how it looked originally. Unfortunatelly I'm still missing Takovo cross with swords 4th class

 

Great !!!

But try another type of Montenegrin bravery medal 

Great photo !!!!!!! 

I see swords on St. Alexander  

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another photo from eBay. 

Imperator Karl and Tzar Ferdinand with Prince Boris. 

Ferdinand with Blue Max ? 

New in collection. 

Bad condition, but ... 

Some new  

On 20 בינואר 2018 at 04:10, Igor Ostapenko said:

See crown on the order and date 

Photo from 1906 y. !!! 

and Uberkarton ( sorry for bad pictures ) 

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  )