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Original Bulgarian pre WW1 Royal Medal for Merit in Silver (Ferdinand I.), IN VERY FINE CONDITION, ON GENUINE TRIFOLD RIBBON,A REALLY GOOD DETAILED EXAMPLE WITH ATTRACTIVE FINISH
HISTORY OF THE AWARD:
Bulgarian Royal Medal for Merit, silver, Ferdinand I. - Circular silvermedal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the head of KingFerdinand I looking left circumscribed with his name and title; the reverseinscribed ‘ЗА ЗАСЛУГА’ (for merit) within a wreath of oak and laurel. TheMedal forMerit was founded on 25 December 1881 and awarded in three classes,gold (rarely awarded), silver and bronze for service to the Crown orFatherland, the silver medal being awarded to middle-ranking officials andofficers. This example shows an older King Ferdinand and thus datesfrom theearly years of the 20th Century.Ferdinand (Bulgarian: Фердинанд I; 26 February 1861 – 10 September 1948), born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(Фердинанд Максимилиан Карл Леополд Мария Сакс-Кобург и Гота), was the second monarch of the Third Bulgarian State, firstly as ruling prince (knyaz) from1887 to 1908, and later as king (tsar) from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule Bulgaria entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in1915.
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