Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Civil Merit, Iv Class Officer, C. 1935 Auction the shortest day of the

the shortest day of the year

received his medal

bearing a clip with three oak leaves overlaid by number “25”

Gold and Silver Grades (bronze gilt and silvered bronze

complete with the company's stylized star in star insignia

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Civil Merit, Iv Class Officer, C. 1935 Auction the shortest day of the( IV CIII). Instituted in 1891. Type II with Imperial Crown (1908 1944). In silver gilt, a white enamelled pisan cross with green and red enamelled oak leave clusters between each arm, the obverse medallion presents a white enamelled cypher on a red enamelled field, surrounded by the Cyrillic inscription 3 3 (For Civil Merit), the reverse medallion presents a rampant left facing crowned lion, surrounded by the inscription 2 1891 (2 August 1891),