Graf Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VtwinVince Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Outstanding, always nice to see documents signed by Mackensen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Hi ItwinVince, Thank you for the comments Yes, I was lucky to get this Grouping with the Documents signed by Generalfeldmarschall Von Mackensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 An excellent grouping that any collector would be proud to own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 Thanks Dond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Such an incredible group, thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 That is a picture of General Popoff from the Bulgarian archives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 Hi Balkan Collector, Thank you for the comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 More pictures one more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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