Bulgaria BULGARIA: Medal for the 1300th Anniversary of Bulgaria

[Ed_Haynes]

Previously mentioned in

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3196&st=14

Thanks to a good Forum Friend, I now have a documented specimen, awarded (I would guess) to an Algerian (being in French and guessing who would be friendly enough with Bulgaria in 1981 to get one, though research looms).

The medal, with quirky mounting.

Edited July 6, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Ed_Haynes]

The document; the name page spread.

[Ed_Haynes]

The document; the award spread.

[Ed_Haynes]

Nope. Not Algerian, Tunisian. Never guess when jetlagged:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Sfar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Sfar

He would have been Minister of Defence in 1981.

Edited July 6, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Bayoswede]

Nope. Not Algerian, Tunisian. Never guess when jetlagged:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Sfar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Sfar

He would have been Minister of Defence in 1981.

Wow !

I love seeing Bulgarian awards given to foreign countries !

They are far between and when you think of the numbers awarded they are rare-rare

Best regards from Sweden

Christer

[fjcp]

Nice find Ed,

Here's a pic of the fellow in question....

JC

site

Edited July 28, 2007 by fjcp

[Ed_Haynes]

Thanks, JC!

[Paul R]

Would these be worn on a military uniform or are they strictly commemorative "trinkets"?

Paul

[Ed_Haynes]

I suspect, following the Soviet pattern, such commemorative medals would have been worn, by civilians and military types alike.

An award to a foreign friend -- like this one -- wasn't on the usual pentagonal suspension, though. Interesting.

Compare:

http://www.medals.org.uk/bulgaria/peoples-...garia-pr037.htm

http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2740