Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, II. Class Grand Office, Austrian-Made, c.1930 certificate_of_authenticity while the handle shows some

while the handle shows some scratching and loss of paint

each bearing a crossed baton and sword within an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

overlaid by the monogram of Frederick the Great and a banner bearing an inscription of “Mit Gott für König und Vaterland (“With God for King and Fatherland”)

as he was invalided to Canada

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, II. Class Grand Office, Austrian-Made, c.1930 certificate_of_authenticity while the handle shows some( ). Instituted August 2nd, 1891. (Type II 1908 1944). c. 1930. A cased Order of Civil Merit II. Class Grand Officer set, consisting of: 1. A Breast Star. A fabulous example of this award, of extremely fine Austrian jeweler manufacture, constructed of silver and gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a four pointed multi rayed silver cross bearing a white enameled Urdy cross adorned with green enameled thistles in the quadrants