Bulgarian bar
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Bulgarian bar
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03-27-2007, 11:47 PM
Whataya think? I've never seen a *real* Bulgarian medal bar like this, have you?
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.' 
03-28-2007, 05:01 AM
Eric
Interesting to say the least.:) The medals appear to be good, but I am no expert on Bulgarian medals. Do you think the bar change was made by the original owner or made up by the seller? the screw backs appear to be too new and not aged as they should be as well as the bar itself appears to be to new:confused: Brendan
"If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there."
Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945
03-28-2007, 01:50 PM
ANZAC Wrote:Do you think the bar change was made by the original owner or made up by the seller?Neither, the buyer did it. ;)
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
03-28-2007, 09:19 PM
Ambushed!:chuckle
"If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there."
Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945
03-28-2007, 09:32 PM
Just wondering if anyone had ever seen a Bulgarian bar.
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.' 
Eric,
here are the two medal bars of Major General Kiril Vidinski. On 11 August 1941, he was dropped off with 22 other Bulgarians on Bulgarian shores by a Soviet submarine after an exile life in the USSR and participation in the Spanish Civil War, to become the core of a resistance and partisan movement. The men had received military training in the Soviet Union and wore Soviet uniforms to be treated as POWs and not as terrorists in case of capture. However, most were arrested and executed. Vidinski survived to become a general in the Bulgarian People's Army. He described his experience in the book "The Submarine Men" (Bulgarian language). His medal bars look just like yours. Apparently, the original medals were used with their ribbons and placed on an aluminum bar. (The two Dimitrov orders are associated one with a Hero Star and the other with a Hero of Labor Star.) These medal bars are so heavy and uncomfortable that they were probably worn only on very few occasions and show no sign of wear. Another type of Bulgarian medal bars is made with plastic, painted on the back, instead of cloth ribbons. They look more professional. Bulgarian medal bars are usually not more expensive than the inidvidual orders and medals, therefore there exists no incentive for fabricating medal bars yet.
Dietrich
03-29-2007, 05:35 PM
Very very nice Dietrich!
Thanks for sharing those two beautiful bars. I noticed the single Soviet medal at the very end of the second bar. Stalin looks very loney. :)
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.' 
03-29-2007, 05:35 PM
d-riemer,
How come the highest orders are on the right side of the bar? That's a bit strange, isn't it? Marc 
03-29-2007, 05:38 PM
Lapa,
Molotov also had their high end awards like that...
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
Marc,
these bars were so large that they had to be fastened on the chest at an angle. It was not acceptable to have the highest orders hang low on the chest, therefore the orders were arranged from right to left on the top bar. The medal bar, worn underneath, is arranged from left to right so that a continous line can be drawn, first on the top bar and then on the bottom bar, from the highest to the lowest award ranking. The foreign Soviet medal is placed at the low end of the line.
Dietrich
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