Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Officer’s Case Newly Listed smooth dark brown upper

smooth dark brown upper

June 1945 (already in US captivity)

very fine quality manufacture and overall near mint condition

Footnote: French "Hussars" Light Cavalry units operated America supplied M-8 armored cars in the fierce fighting in Indochina

paper wafer

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Officer’s Case Newly Listed smooth dark brown upperInstituted 19 May 1900. A presentation case for an Order of Military Merit, IV Class Officers Cross, constructed of a wood frame with a faux red leather exterior, the obverse lid with a gold embossed monogram of Tsar Boris III above a Bulgarian Cyrillic inscription of (Order of Military Merit), in turn above a laurel and oak leaf wreath, the interior with a white satin type lid liner, with a partially intact hinge cover and a depressed white doeskin