Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Second Class Grand Officer, by Johann Schwerdtner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac number B17990 officially hand stamped

number B17990 officially hand stamped on reverse

as well as some oxidation and fatigue to the wire of the peak insignia

the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with two black bakelite buttons which emanate from the right panel and meet an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left panel

9 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) inclusive of its coat-of-arms suspension

accompanied by its stickpin)

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Second Class Grand Officer, by Johann Schwerdtner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac number B17990 officially hand stamped( ). 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