Graf Posted Saturday at 04:30 Share Posted Saturday at 04:30 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted Saturday at 13:41 Share Posted Saturday at 13:41 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted Saturday at 15:02 Share Posted Saturday at 15:02 Badge of Austro-Hungarian Assistance Commitee “Help to Bulgarian Red Cross”. You donate 3 Krone and receive this badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted Saturday at 20:11 Share Posted Saturday at 20:11 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted Saturday at 22:15 Share Posted Saturday at 22:15 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 ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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