01-29-2012, 03:55 PM
I think this is a great depiction of the hindrance of using the same ribbon for not only different classes of the same award but also using the same ribbon for awards given to different branches. Without the actual Medals or documents we can never know.
There is no Bulgarian Medal for "combat" merit it is in fact "military" merit which was a pre-long service awards long service award. As was the "Red Banner". Before the long service awards in 59/60 these Medals and Orders were extremely common and fell out of popular use almost instantly. The Medal "For Military Merit" was almost completely redundant by the late 1970's with service specific merit awards. I have not yet seen a single document for the Medal "For Military Merit" dating after the instituting of actual long service awards. Red Banners continued to be awarded right though to the late days of the PRB but in far less numbers. There were great numbers of both awards piled up in warehouses until more recently sold off.
There is no Bulgarian Medal for "combat" merit it is in fact "military" merit which was a pre-long service awards long service award. As was the "Red Banner". Before the long service awards in 59/60 these Medals and Orders were extremely common and fell out of popular use almost instantly. The Medal "For Military Merit" was almost completely redundant by the late 1970's with service specific merit awards. I have not yet seen a single document for the Medal "For Military Merit" dating after the instituting of actual long service awards. Red Banners continued to be awarded right though to the late days of the PRB but in far less numbers. There were great numbers of both awards piled up in warehouses until more recently sold off.
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