Iron Cross Grouping to a Bulgarian General

[Graf]

Here is a nice  Iron Cross Grouping to a Bulgarian General with supportive Documents and field  letters to his wife

Edited August 7, 2021 by Graf

[Graf]

[VtwinVince]

Outstanding, always nice to see documents signed by Mackensen.

[Graf]

Hi ItwinVince,

 

Thank you for the comments Yes, I was lucky to get this Grouping with the Documents signed by Generalfeldmarschall Von Mackensen

[dond]

An excellent grouping that any collector would be proud to own.

[Graf]

Thanks Dond

[chuck]

Really great and historic group. Who is the maker of the iron cross, Godet or one of the other official makers? I wonder what a general would give to another general?

[BalkanCollector]

Such an incredible group, thank you for sharing!

[Graf]

Hi Chuck,

I am not sure who is the maker It is very nicely made slightly vaulted Both 1st and 2nd Class Crosses are marked "800" for silver. Do not forget that those high ranking officers had more then one awards

Recently I was offered a medal bar, supposedly owned by this General. However the seller did not provide a good provenance and  he wanted a price that i did not feel comfortable with. I declined the offer.

The General was also awarded 4th and 3rd Classes of the Bulgarian Order for Bravery

Interesting fact is that the one of the documents is the General's  Secondary school Diploma.

In one of the letters, to his wife he wrote that he was just promoted as General and also he just was awarded the Second Class with War decoration  of Austrian Military Merit Cross.

 

[Graf]

That is a picture of General Popoff from the Bulgarian archives

[Graf]

Hi Balkan Collector,

 

Thank you for the comments

 

 

[Graf]

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