Bulgaria Imperial Bulgarian belt buckle

[TeaRex]

Hi to all,

I just picked up this Imperial Bulgarian Belt Buckle apparently from the reign of Tsar Boris III, I'm curious to know if anyone knows what the initials stand for? I would guess it would be in cyryllic and so would be V and Y. My wife is at work, and I guess I should have run it past her as she is fluent in Russian/Bulgarian, but anyway if anyone can help it would be appreciated.

[TeaRex]

The buckle might be Bulgarian, but the photo's are in English

[TeaRex]

Hummm, maybe post WW2 Peoples Militia buckle?

[Theodor]

I am afraid, yes.

Edited December 15, 2011 by Theodor

[TeaRex]

Oh well, it was not so expensive, and I like early communist period items, so I'm not too upset. Thanks Theodor.

[Graf]

Hi,

It looks like early post WW2 ..Peoples' Militia buckle

H, the Bulgarian eqivalent of N,. is Initial for Narodna (Peoples')

M is initial for Militia

Bulgaria Royal/Kingdom Police items had the Initials DP

D is initial for the Bulgarian word Durzavna (not sure about the spelling) which means Governments'

P is initial for Police

[Graf]

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2011/post-12584-0-79050300-1324472903.jpgHi,

It is me again

The WW2 Police items also have the initials BDP --Bulgarian Governments' Police

[TeaRex]

Thanks guys, that helps. My wife is Russian so has no problems with such things, but for me, English and Italian are more my languages. But anyway it's all a great learning curve.

Rex