Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Second Class Grand Officer, by Johann Schwerdtner Archive 1894 in Eastleigh

1894 in Eastleigh

and then only by exception (usually at retirement)

of Franco’s personal guard

with sun rays joining the quadrants

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Second Class Grand Officer, by Johann Schwerdtner Archive 1894 in Eastleigh( ). Instituted August 2nd, 1891. (Type II 1908 1944). c. 1930. An Order of Civil Merit II. Class Grand Officer set, of Austrian manufacture and of high quality, consisting of the Neck Badge of the order consisting of a white enameled Urdy cross adorned with green enameled thistles in the quadrants between the arms, the obverse with a central red enameled medallion bearing the Royal Cypher of its founder, surrounded by the inscription , the reverse