Bulgarian Red Cross Medal

[Graf]

14 hours ago, Gordon Craig said:

Gentlemen,

Hilfskomitee translates as "Assistance Committee" making the complete wording on the car translate as "Austrian Assistance Committee for the Bulgarian Red Cross".  Therefore, this was a committee set up to do just that.  Assist the Bulgarian Red Cross.  I am not sure why this committee would be producing these Bulgarian badges unless it were to raise fund for the Bulgarian Red Cross since the card shows a sale price.  I don't doubt that this is a Bulgarian badge.

Kingdom of Bulgaria: WW1 Badge of Merit of the 
Bulgarian Red Cross.
The badge, with the Crown of Tsar Ferdinand, 
was awarded to Austrians, Bulgarians and 
Germans, for meritorious services (or more 
commonly, for offering significant amount of 
money) to the Organization.

Regards,

Gordon

 

Thank you for the clarification on this issue

 

Regards

 

Graf

[new world]

23 hours ago, Gordon Craig said:

Gentlemen,

Hilfskomitee translates as "Assistance Committee" making the complete wording on the car translate as "Austrian Assistance Committee for the Bulgarian Red Cross".  Therefore, this was a committee set up to do just that.  Assist the Bulgarian Red Cross.  I am not sure why this committee would be producing these Bulgarian badges unless it were to raise fund for the Bulgarian Red Cross since the card shows a sale price.  I don't doubt that this is a Bulgarian badge.

Kingdom of Bulgaria: WW1 Badge of Merit of the 
Bulgarian Red Cross.
The badge, with the Crown of Tsar Ferdinand, 
was awarded to Austrians, Bulgarians and 
Germans, for meritorious services (or more 
commonly, for offering significant amount of 
money) to the Organization.

Regards,

Gordon

 

could it be that the Austrian Committee helped to procure the badges for Bulgarians and cardboard with name and price from manufacturer just lists the price the Bulgarian Red Cross was paying for these badges?

[Igor Ostapenko]

Badge of Austro-Hungarian Assistance Commitee “Help to Bulgarian Red Cross”. 
You donate 3 Krone and receive this badge. 

[new world]

Not sure you'd get the badge for donating such small amount.

 

In 1915  1 US dollar = 6.50 Kr. 
$1 in 1915 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $31.22 today.

3 Kr would be worth about $15 in modern money.

 

 

[Igor Ostapenko]

2 hours ago, new world said:

Not sure you'd get the badge for donating such small amount.

 

In 1915  1 US dollar = 6.50 Kr. 
$1 in 1915 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $31.22 today.

3 Kr would be worth about $15 in modern money.

 

 

 I agree - 3 coins x 5 gramm = 15 gramm silver 0.875 - $15. 
 

may be for another donate - another badge ( with gold crown ?) 

[Graf]

On 03/11/2024 at 07:11, new world said:

Not sure you'd get the badge for donating such small amount.

 

In 1915  1 US dollar = 6.50 Kr. 
$1 in 1915 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $31.22 today.

3 Kr would be worth about $15 in modern money.

 

 

good points

On 03/11/2024 at 09:15, Igor Ostapenko said:

 I agree - 3 coins x 5 gramm = 15 gramm silver 0.875 - $15. 
 

may be for another donate - another badge ( with gold crown ?) 

Always eager to get as much information as possible