Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order For Civil Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1920 Auction Orden del Merito Militar

Orden del Merito Militar

which would have made him 56 and not the 47 he stated when he enlisted in March 1917

before being discharged on September 10th

measuring 12 cm x 12 cm

a newly commissioned Fleet Destroyer

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order For Civil Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1920 Auction Orden del Merito Militar(. .. III. CT.). Instituted in 1891. Type II with Imperial Crown (1908 1944). In silver gilt with red, green and white enamels, measuring 55. 5 mm (w) x 88. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, chipping and loss evident in the red and green enamels at the base of the crown on both sides, otherwise the enamels are intact, on its original full length neck ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Order for Civil Merit was instituted on