Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Grand Cross With War Decoration, C.1925 Archive and its addressed envelope

and its addressed envelope

with its period original ribbon mounted parade-style with a horizontal pinback

issued in 1895

soon entering the French theatre

Leopold  (1830–1852) - in solid silver

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Grand Cross With War Decoration, C.1925 Archive and its addressed envelope( ). Instituted in 1900. Type I with Imperial Crown Case. Hardshelled, the exterior with a red fabric covering on five sides and a black fabric bottom, inscribed " ", with the Imperial crown above and an open ended wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves indicative of a War Decoration below the inscription on the lid, inside lid lined in white satin, the lining exhibiting the impressions of the once present Badge and Breast Star of the Order, raised