christerd

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

And the collection keeps on growing !

Thanks to a fellow collector who tip me of this card I now got another Torpedoed ship !

This is ATLANTIQUE built in 1900 for the line France-South America

Was torpedoed on the 9th of May 1918 between Malta and Bizerte , but managed to get to Bizerte, the captain got a French order Knight Legion of Honour!

And she survived the war and was at last scrapped in December 1933 in UK.

Christer

Very Nice Stogieman !

Why did Romania, BUlgaria, Hungary, Poland ? All got their orders in different beautiful boxes but their big brother

USSSR gave them away in most cases , in nothing at all?

I looooove boxes, may the box lovers of the world unite !

Christer!

Great Idea !

Here you have some numbers to start with, maybe we can see a pattern if we get many enough?

Type II 022639 28 April 1955

054593 1957 (cant see date)

Type III 031064 18 Jan 1958

50803 29 Dec 1959

066892 29 Dec 1959

092548 21 May 1966

104468 15 Dec 1969

164657 16 April 1971

Type IV 000868 7 Oct 1971

005638 26 April 1982

055633 28 may 1975

034709 19 May 1978

081187 27 March 1981

You can clearly see some system in the numbers , a couple seem out of line but I suppose there always be a few that are left in storage by some reason and used "to late"

Hope this helps, if you want I see if I got more books , I think I have a couple more

All the best

Christer

And here is the inside, the numbers look better in real life, and they are definitive written with an ink pencil ( not ball-pen)

But when its done is impossible to say, but it looks old when magnified.

I think theese was awarded in Peacetime for helping secure the borders (whatever that means?)

But they are really nice !

I wonder when they stopped giving them numbers??

And how many was awarded ?????

Hmm a lot to find out

Christer