Theodor

I hope I'm not too late for this, here it goes: # 118: For the organs of MVR there are no and may not be other interests, but the interests of out party and people. G. Dimitrov # 119: To comrade Lt Colonel Dimitar Velkov Ivanov Comrade Ivanov, The official and party leadership of the People's Militia Management Board sincerely greet you on the occasion of your 50th anniversary. Grown and educated under the care of the Bulgarian Communist Party, you worked tirelessly in the People's Militia organs, you give powers, knowledge and experience in the struggle for securing the calm life and peaceful constructive labour of our people, while building the socialist society. In the day of your 50th anniversary, we sincerely wish you good health, long life and lots of happiness, so you continue to work tirelessly for the flourishing of our socialist fatherland - People's republic Bulgaria. Deputy minister of the internal affairs and Director of the People's Militia /Iv. Dimitrov/

Cover: Regional Direction of MVR, Varna To comrade Yordan Dimitrov Andreev Inside left: "We are highly confident that the victoriously marching socialist revolution in Bulgaria will never be hit in the back out of the blue, because our rear is strongly and reliably armored by people, for which as the poet says, "there are no armor-piercing bullets invented"" Todor Jivkov Inside right: The official and the party leadership of the Regional direction of MVR - Varna is greeting you on the occasion of 40 years of the victory of the Socialist revolution and the creation of the organs of MVR. FROM THE LEADERSHIP No mention of a badge or medal, so this could be just a greeting card? Of course, may have come with a badge, too?

That's S-na /Starshina, First Sergeant/ Hristo Georgiev Kostov

Hi guys, here is one nice Excellence badge I got a few days ago, Otlichnik of the Civil Aviation. A pity no document with it, but the badge is very nice.

Very nice! Most time the whole left end has no enamel! Great to see one complete!

Both documents say the same, except that the second one is missing the mention of the strange "Decree for spiritual stimulation"

DECREE 242 The State Council of Peoples Republic Bulgaria, on article 93 pt. 24 from the Constitution and article 18 from the Decree for spiritual stimulation in Peoples Republic Bulgaria Makes the decree: Honours the title Hero of the Socialist Labour the comrade Yordan Iliel Penov from the town of Mihaylovgrad, for active participation in the struggle against the fascism and the capitalism and for the building of socialism and in relation to his 80 birthday. Sofia, 23 January 1985 Signed/sealed

1975 is nothing I believe. No anniversary of the Spanish war, no Party congress, nothing special or close to special about that year comes to my mind, just the 30 years from the end of WW2.

That's a Bulgarian soldier, famous for being the least decorated one I'm very glad you like it, now in the line under the photos is added a tiny "Translation" link, the automatic translation is not the best, but gives a basic idea about the text.

Август Кабакчиев Unfortunately there is nothing more to find. This photo is from a small article in an online army magazine, for the occasion of his 90 birthday. Nothing new in there, only the tiny photo. In a week or two I may be visiting the National library, will see if they have something there.

Here you are /sorry, small one!/

Probably most viewers will have difficulties with the language, but fortunately the site is well structured into categories. For easier navigation, here they are: general military category: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=19 WW1: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=210 WW2: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=211 aviation: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=245 tanks: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=285 artillery: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=244 navy: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=246 commanders: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=249 events: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?cat=14 Also on the top right side of the page the photos are sorted by year/period.

It is a badge for 10 years of the MVR unit 72620, which was also known as Specialized Operative Militia Unit at the Sopfia City Bureau of MVR /later it became Specialized Counter-terrorism Squad./

That's Georgi Dimitrov Yankov

Yes, I am sure it is the same! Same writing and both from May 1979. Someone got busy for a while filling such documents :cheers:

Nikolina Lazarova Kovacheva from Sofia :cheers:

Hi guys, can you please tell me about this badge, what is its meaning and when was it used? Thanks!

The unknown are: #13 National Committee for Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship. Honorary Diploma. For Honorary Golden Badge. #14 is from the Central Committee of the fighters against Fashism and Capitalism. Award document for the Honorary badge of the Committee 1923-1944. The document is specially made for awarding on the occasion of birthdays, anniversaries. But in the empty field is not written his age, his anniversary /50th... 60th... 70th.../, only is written that it is a Round anniversary. Don't know the English word, but the meaning is, it is not 52 years or 67 years, but 60 or 50 or 70. excuse my language skills The last one is from the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Professional Unions. He was awarded with the jubilee medal "80 years revolutionary professional union movement in Bulgaria".

Hi Rick, the last one is some strange representative of the socialist economy system CONTRACT for consigning /giving/ a socialistic property object for management and... what will be the proper word, take care about something, care about it...

Hi guys, this is a Bulgarian part of the forum, so I thought this link has to be shown here, too. As you have interest about Bulgaria, this really is a must-see site! The country's history is written shorter or longer on Wikipedia and other sites, but this here is a rich online picture archive, showing images of the people and the country the way it was in times gone. Including the socialist period. The author uses several archives and private collections as sources, so there are lots of interesting things to see! And the best part is, it is a work in progress, photos are added daily, so visit again next week and there'll be more! The link: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/

Hi guys, for those of you who have Bulgarian stuff or interest about the country, this is a must see site! It is an online photo archive. Images from Bulgaria, the way it was, the way life has been in past times. Lots of military photos among all. The owner uses different archives and private collections as a source, so there are lots of interesting things to see! And each day more and more new photos are added, so see it again after a week or a month, there'll be more! The link: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/

The DKMS thing is International Youth Relay-Race "Memory". The last document is from the USSR. The ink stamp consists of the USSR State Emblem in the middle and in the circle Army Unit...number... It is certificate for 1st Class Specialist in the armed Forces of the USSR /at least I understand it this way from the document/. And that Class is given to the general by an army unit commander from the soviet Army - by order the Commander of Army Unit 42202, Colonel Gavrilov.

If your scanner is Epson, you'll get unlimited attention and help If not... I don't guarantee.... :whistle:

Hi! Make a thread here about the stolen medals: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showforum=142 Describe well what is missing, write all names or numbers /if any/ on the medals and that's it, wait and hope the stuff will be spotted somewhere!

Guys, please help my friend Vlado What does the NF /or FN/ stand for? Norge...something?