Description: Rare Antique Russia Empire Badge Medal Cross Pin Authentic Russian Order of Bravery Brooch Medal Pin, Red & White Guilloche Enamel Solid Silver & Gold Pin Back. 1915 / 1917 Historical War Medallion Award Pin Badge.Please Note: The Medal is missing a Cap on Center of the back side that typically cover its Fabrication welds, otherwise Excellent Condition, No Enamel Damage. Ready to Gift, Collect or Display this Beautiful Piece of Military History. Designer / Maker : unbranded Type : Insignia Pin Back Style : Tube Hinge C Clasp Hallmark : cartouche ( Two Anchors crossing a Scepter ) / Russian City Mark for St. Petersburg Precious Metal : Solid Sterling Silver & 14K Gold Embellishments : Cloisonné / Guilloche Enamel Motif : Maltese Cross Swords Crown Lion Medallion Dimensions : 1 7/8” inch length ( 47 mm) Photographed with an 1964 US Silver Dime / .69” inch width Condition Scale : Poor / Good / Excellent / NM – Mint Rarity Scale : Common / Unique / Rare / Very Rare Kingdom of BulgariaThe Order of Bravery was established with a decree of Knyaz Alexander Batenberg on 1 January 1880. It is the firstBulgarian order and was modeled after the Order of Military Merit of the Grand Duchy of Hesse which existed to 1866. The recipients of the order are called cavaliers. The order was one of the many violations of the Treaty of Berlin with which Bulgaria demonstrated full independence although the country was deprived of high state decorations - symbols of national independence.The head of state and the heir to the throne were cavaliers by right to Military Order of Bravery I grade and Military Order of Bravery IV grade respectively. Due to his great respect to the order Tsar Boris III never put on the Order of Bravery I grade and the Grand cross but only the Order of Bravery III grade, 2nd class received during the First Balkan War (1912-1913); the Order of Bravery III grade, 1st class received during the First World War (1915-1918) and the Order of Bravery IV grade, 1st class which he received by right as an heir in 1894.The order was first awarded on 17 April 1880 when 33 participants in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) received the order. Several days later on 24 April (6 May NS, the Day of St George), the order was awarded for the first time to a civilian person.Between 1937 and 1940, the sign of the Order of Bravery I grade, 1st class was used as a symbol of the Bulgarian Air Force in analogue with the Iron Cross which was the traditional symbol of the German Air Force.After the end of the monarchy the orders and the medals of the Kingdom of Bulgaria were fully substituted with other ones. On 15 September the Order of Bravery ceased to exist.
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