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Nice one I love when the paper work is still there ! Much harder to find but so Christer

And here is the inside with the badge Christer

Hi, I don?t know if this are really called Victory Passport ? But it is the badge for 25 Years anniv of IX 1944 Isued in 1969 and could someone translate the small black letters below the name? Ministry propaganda ????? Quite nice badge although Christer

One more card in my collection ! Belive it or not , but it is not that easy to find theese ships, I bought 4 cards last week just to find that when the cards arrived three of them was later built ships with the same name as thosse I was looking for Sometimes its hard to be a nerdy collector..... But here is one new at last! Montrose from Canadian Pacific Line built in 1922 and converted in 1939 to armed merchant cruiser and renamed HMS Forfar On 2nd December 1940 HMS Forfar was torpedoed and sunk by 5 torpedeos from the the German submarine U-99. 171 lives where lost that december day including the Captain. Christer

And the backside of the group (seller pics) Christer

Just bought one ! While looking for Bulgarian Medals I found this little group with the Krieger Verdienst Med Since there where about 7000 issued to Austrians I wonder how many could have been awarded to the quite small Bulgarian Army in WW1 ? I love it already..... my preciousssssssssssssssssss Christer

And here is the booklet for the smaller one , I realized after posting it that it says BGTO ? on that one so it must be another type of Badge but very similar to the others ? Cant find it in Riemers Book I have a couple of more badges to show you I?ll be back ! Christer

And just to confuse things a little bit , Here is two more GTO Badges ! Both seems to be First Class but the one in the middle is only about 50% in size of the normal one? I also have a Booklet for the small one, it is numbered on the back with 347 The one on the right is on needle! And it sure looks like its orginal made, in size its beteen the other two.... Seems like we have a lot to learn about theese badges Christer

And here is my I class Badge with document, similar to Stogiemans but mine has a numbered backside ? Maybe some earlier issue , number is 38883

And here is the small booklet for the Class Badge Awarded to a Kostadinov Christer

Nice Badge Stogieman Here is the Class II of the same Badge Very nice badge looking just like the first class on back, with screw and maker marked washer sorry for the bad pic, I have to get a new camera that take better pics on close distances Christer

And here is the BIG document for this small badge If I translate this right it was issued for the year 1953-1954 andit is of third class as the badge in my first post. I don?t think many of theese papers was rescued to us collectors after 1991 ? Christer

Here is another of thoose Friendship societys This is the membership Bdge third Class a small but well manafactured badge I suppose its from 1950 - early 1960s since Stalin is on the front together with Dimitrov Christer

Great Thread Stogieman! The medal showed by Anatoly in post 36 is an ULTRA Rare KDS version of the standard medal, I have never seen one in real life and they probably cost a LOT of $$$$$$$$ if you find one. Myself is hunting the Long Service KDS medals 10 years and 20 years and thoose are quite hard to find Big Thanks for the Great Threads about Bulgarian Orders/medals Christer

Wow that?s quick ! Thank you all, this was really new info for me! No I am off for a cup of Tea Christer

Hi , do anyone know how many was awarded of theese? Since they are so rare, for what was they awarded? I look around the internet , but couldn?t find much info about the Krieger Verdienst medallie Allt he Best Christer

Thanks Rick and Uwe ! So Theese are Prov Reichsheer guys , they stayed in uniform after the war. Hardi Raetzer , a new name to look for Good night Christer

And then the back with a name wich is .......? ? Christer

Here is another pic, from 1919 and showing some flyer that survived the war again some unreadable handwritning on the back, could anyone read the name of the Unteroffizer? 3 of them still in uniform Oct 1919 ? First the happy boys ! Christer

And the slightly more interesting front of the pic ! Christer

Hi, I just got this picture of some officers of Flieger Abteilung 13 One has the Bavarian Pilot badge and one has the Observer Badge if I am right ? at least three of them has the EK 1 One the back the names are written but at some time this pic was glued into a album and right where the names are Is it possible to identfy any of the officers by the names on the back? Anyone has any info about FA 13 ? First pic is of the backside with the half destroyed names All the best from Sweden Christer

The Order of Bulgaria 1st Class with the old State Crest but in one piece? The 2nd class is of two piece construction but shouldn?t the first class look the same or am I just still sleeping? Very nice very rare bar ! Why do we see so few bars from Bulgaria ? Did the officers use the small ribbon bars to their uniforms? All the best from Sunny Sweden Christer

I looove the "hip-hop style" watch I have a lot of pictures with Swedish soldiers from around 1915-18 with BIG former breast watches now made into theese modern wristwatches with a type of leather holster. Very nice Pic ! Christer

After a quick look on the net I found some more Order books nr, so her is a updated list small but maybe we can see some pattern in the numbers Type II 021283 28 April 1955 022639 28 April 1955 054593 10 June 1957 Type III 031064 18 Jan 1958 50803 29 Dec 1959 58801 29 Dec 1959 066892 29 Dec 1959 092548 21 May 1966 101569 27 June 1969 102248 23 May 1969 104468 15 Dec 1969 109585 21 jan 1966 110994 30 Nov 1968 164657 16 April 1971 Type IV 000868 7 Oct 1971 005638 26 April 1982 008797 27 June 1974 008861 20 Feb 1974 011515 6 Oct 1972 019087 7 Oct 1983 034709 19 May 1978 040570 23 May 1977 044034 27 April 1976 047205 28 Oct 1977 051719 27 April 1976 053792 24 Aug 1979 055633 28 may 1975 081018 15 June 1981 081187 27 March 1981 090233 8 Oct 1980 156108 30 June 1973 A-85 001537 12 Aug 1985 A-85 008226 31 March 1986 As you can see the earlier Order books follow quite well in time while the later ones is more mixed... Well,I keep on collecting order books number and we will see what it looks like after a while. Christer

I see that Bolgarin have a Red banner with type III orderbook awarded 29 Dec 1959 58801 with fit perfectly in the numbers that I have 50803 , 66892 I wonder how many awards was given out 29 Dec 1959? Christer