Bulgarian Order of the Peoples Republic

[gjw]

Hey all, managed to pick up all 3 classes.

 

To be honest I think this is a very attractive order.

 

Stay well my friends 

 

Greg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Farkas]

On 15/06/2024 at 00:03, gjw said:

Hey all, managed to pick up all 3 classes.

 

To be honest I think this is a very attractive order.

 

Stay well my friends 

 

Greg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s a nice looking addition Greg 👍

I do like the way you get the ‘sets’  👍

 

tony 🍻

 

[gjw]

Thanks Tony for the kind words as always 

 

Stay well my friend 

 

Greg

[Farkas]

Always interesting seeing your stuff Greg.

 

You genuinely changed my outlook on such things when you starting posting the post war German awards.

 

Stay well too mate

 

tony 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[Megan]

Indeed a good-looking bunch...

 

Орден "Народна Република България" - instituted on 18 June 1947 and awarded to Bulgarians and foreigners for services connected with the defence, freedom and independence of the Republic, and in wartime to officers of the Bulgarian People's Army for outstanding leadership and operational planning.

 

The ssecond and third classes are identical in appearance, the difference is only in the size - the second class is 44x42mm, the third class 40x38mm.

 

There are actually 2 types, the difference is in the layout of the state arms on the obverse:

 

Type 1: 3 bands connecting the ears of wheat with the inscription 9.IX.1944 on the bottom band.

 

Type 2: 4 bands, 2 to each side, with dates on the bottom ones, 681 to the left and 1944 to the right.

 

Not sure when they changed it, though. Yours are all Type 2.

 

The first award, on the very day it was created, was to Georgi Dimitrov.

Here's a First Class Type 1 for comparison: