09-01-2011, 09:45 AM
WARNING FLAG UP! The crown on the Bulgarian Order "For Military Merit" 4th Class looks as out of place in the grouping as much as if his "Victory Over Germany" Medal had a picture of Mao on it. The Crown is not in any of the pictures and for some reason the Order has inherited an Order "For Civil Merit" ribbon too.... Something rather fishy going on there... It is possible that some of the unnumbered items in the group may not be the pieces originally handed out. It doesn't seem very likely to me that People's Republic Of Bulgaria would be handing him out an Order with the "forbidden" insignia. A Wreath I could imagine but not the crown.........
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
