09-28-2011, 10:54 PM
The design pre-dates the Third Reich by a good period. The design is actually based on the Imperial Bulgarian Order "For Bravery" which was founded in 1880 and that was also based on the Imperial Russian Order "Saint George" (Founded in 1769) which is why the Imperial Bulgarian Order had "Soldier's Crosses" in 4 grades emulating "Saint George Crosses". Bulgaria has had a very Russian influence on them from liberation by them in 1878 to being forced into line as a People's Republic by the post 1943 Russian revival Soviet Union and then attempts for Bulgaria to be a Republic of the Soviet Union under Zhivkov.
The reverse of this Order also has a small Order "For Bravery".
The reverse of this Order also has a small Order "For Bravery".
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
